Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2015

Volume 60, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 2–6, 2015; San Antonio, Texas

Session Index

Session M1: Focus Session: Beyond Graphene - Growth II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Gong Gu, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Room: 001A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M1.00001: Tunable layer-by-layer oxidation of atomically thin WSe$_{2}$ Mahito Yamamoto, Michael Fuhrer, Keiji Ueno, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M1.00002: Layer-by-layer Dielectric Breakdown of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Film in Conductive AFM Measurement Yoshiaki Hattori, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Kosuke Nagashio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M1.00003: Fluorinating Single Layer Molydisulfide Masahiro Ishigami, Jyoti Katoch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M1.00004: The effect of defects produced by electron irradiation on the electrical properties of graphene and MoS2 Julio Alejandro Rodriguez-Manzo, Adrian Balan, Carl Nayor, Will Parkin, Matthew Puster, A.T. Charlie Johnson, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M1.00005: Intrinsic disorder in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures Matthew Yankowitz, Stefano Larentis, Kyounghwam Kim, Jiamin Xue, Devin McKenzie, Shengqiang Huang, Marina Paggen, Mazhar Ali, Robert Cava, Emanuel Tutuc, Brian J. LeRoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M1.00006: Tailoring the properties of two dimensional molybdenum disulfide Saiful I. Khondaker, Muhammad R. Islam, Narae Kang, Udai Bhanu, Hari P. Paudel, Mikhail Erementchouk, Laurene Tetard, Michael N. Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M1.00007: Synthesis and Characterizations of Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers and Their Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Yi-Hsien Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M1.00008: Spatial Progression of Thermal Oxidation in Layered WSe2 Nano-sheets Yingnan Liu, Cheng Tan, Harry Chou, Avinash Nayak, Di Wu, Joonseok Kim, Rodney Ruoff, Deji Akinwande, Keji Lai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M1.00009: Bulk Direct Band Gap MoS$_{2}$ by Plasma Induced Layer Decoupling Rohan Dhall, Mahesh Neupane, Darshana Wickramaratne, Matthew Mecklenburg, Zhen Li, Cameron Moore, Roger Lake, Stephen Cronin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M1.00010: High-Throughput Screening of Substrates for Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Materials Arunima K. Singh, Houlong L. Zhuang, Francesca Tavazza, Richard G. Hennig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M1.00011: Direct patterning and characterization of large area, single layer MoS$_{2}$ film synthesized by chemical vapor deposition Woanseo Park, Jaeyoon Baik, Tae-Young Kim, Kyungjune Cho, Woong-Ki Hong, Hyun-Joon Shin, Takhee Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M1.00012: Chemical Exfoliation of Layered Superconductors: An Avenue to Synthesize Boron-rich Quasi Two Dimensional Nanostructures Saroj Kumar Das, Asha Liza James, Kabeer Jasuja Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M1.00013: The formation of Colloidal 2D/3D MoS2 Nanostructures in Organic Liquid Environment Engin Durgun, H. Sener Sen, Tugba Oztas, Bulend Ortac Preview Abstract

Session M2: Focus session: Beyond Graphene - Optics in 2D semiconductors III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Xavie Marie, INSA Toulouse
Room: 001B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M2.00001: Ultrafast generation of pseudo-magnetic field for valley excitons in WSe2 monolayers Jonghwan Kim, Xiaoping Hong, Chenhao Jin, Su-Fei Shi, Chih-Yuan S. Chang, Ming-Hui Chiu, Lain-Jong Li, Feng Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M2.00002: Valley splitting and polarization by the Zeeman effect in monolayer MoSe2 Yilei Li, Jonathan Ludwig, Tony Low, Alexey Chernikov, Xu Cui, Ghidewon Arefe, Young Duck Kim, Arend van der Zande, Albert Rigosi, Heather Hill, Suk Hyun Kim, James Hone, Zhiqiang Li, Dmitry Smirnov, Tony Heinz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M2.00003: Nonlinear Optical and Excitonic Effects in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Wang-Kong Tse Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M2.00004: Direct observation of spin-valley-layer locking in centrosymmetric bulk WSe$_2$ by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission Invited Speaker: Phil King Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M2.00005: Topological induced valley polarization in bilayer graphene/Boron Nitride Leonardo Basile, Juan C Idrobo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M2.00006: Anomalous temperature dependence of charged exciton photoluminescence polarization in monolayer WS$_{2}$ A.T. Hanbicki, G. Kioseoglou, M. Currie, C.S. Hellberg, A.L. Friedman, K.M. McCreary, B.T. Jonker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M2.00007: First-Principles Calculations of LEEM Reflectivity Spectra of Molybdenum Disulfide John McClain, Karsten Pohl, Jian-Ming Tang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M2.00008: Spin-orbit coupling in the band structure WSe$_{2}$ monolayers Iori Tanabe, Alexei Barinov, Duy Le, Edwin Preciado, Miguel Isarraraz, Ludwig Bartels, Talat Rahman, Peter Dowben Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M2.00009: Intrinsic circular polarization in centrosymmetric stacks of transition-metal dichalcogenide Qihang Liu, Xiuwen Zhang, Alex Zunger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M2.00010: Electric field and spin-orbit coupling effects on the band structure of monolayer WSe$_{2}$ Ittipon Fongkaew, Walter R.L. Lambrecht Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M2.00011: Spin-dependent refraction at the atomic step of transition-metal dichalcogenides Mikito Koshino, Tetsuro Habe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M2.00012: Two dimensional valley electrons and excitons in the noncentrosymmetric 3R MoS2 Ryosuke Akashi, Masayuki Ochi, Sandor Bordacs, Ryuji Suzuki, Yoshinori Tokura, Yoshihiro Iwasa, Ryotaro Arita Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M2.00013: Electrical Control of Exciton-Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation in Monolayer WSe2 Kyle Seyler, John Schaibley, Pu Gong, Pasqual Rivera, Aaron Jones, Sanfeng Wu, Jiaqiang Yan, David Mandrus, Wang Yao, Xiaodong Xu Preview Abstract

Session M3: Invited Session: Artificial Intelligence: Existential Risk or Boon to Humanity

Sponsoring Units: FPS DCOMP
Chair: Arian Pregenzer, Sandia National Laboratories (Retired)
Room: 002AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M3.00001: The Future of (Artificial) Intelligence Invited Speaker: Stuart Russell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M3.00002: Cognitive Computing: From Breakthroughs in the Lab to Applications in the Field Invited Speaker: Guruduth Banavar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M3.00003: Cognitive Computing and Robotics: Implications for Future Defense Systems Invited Speaker: Gill Pratt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M3.00004: Beneficial Smarter-than-human Intelligence: the Challenges and the Path Forward Invited Speaker: Benja Fallenstein Preview Abstract

Session M5: Focus Session: Intercalated FeSe and Other Fe-chalcogenide Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Stephen Wilson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Room: Juan Gorman Room 005

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M5.00001: High transition temperatures in molecular intercalates of FeSe Invited Speaker: Stephen Blundell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M5.00002: Unified picture of the doping dependence of superconducting transition temperatures in alkali metal/ammonia intercalated FeSe Daniel Guterding, Harald Jeschke, Peter Hirschfeld, Roser Valenti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M5.00003: Neutron scattering studies on semiconducting Rb$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.5}$S$_2$ Meng Wang, Patrick Valdivia, Robert Birgeneau, Wei Tian, Songxue Chi, Pengcheng Dai, Edith Bourret-Courchesne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M5.00004: Block magnetic excitations in the orbitally-selective Mott insulator BaFe$_2$Se$_3$ M. Mourigal, Shan Wu, M.B. Stone, J.R. Neilson, J.M. Caron, T.M. McQueen, C.L. Broholm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M5.00005: Neutron investigation of possible (ferro)magnetic order in the new superconductor Li$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$OD)(Fe$_{1-y}$Se Jeffrey Lynn, Xiuquan Zhou, Christopher K. H. Borg, Efrain Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M5.00006: Multiband transport and nonmetallic low-temperature state of K$_{0.50}$Na$_{0.24}$Fe$_{1.52}$Se$_{2}$ Hyejin Ryu, F. Wolff-Fabris, J.B. Warren, M. Uhlarz, J. Wosnitza, C. Petrovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M5.00007: First-principles theory of electron-spin fluctuation coupling and superconducting instabilities in iron selenide Johannes Lischner, Timur Bazhirov, Allan H. MacDonald, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M5.00008: ``Forbidden'' phonon in the iron chalcogenide series David M. Fobes, Igor A. Zaliznyak, Zhijun Xu, Genda Gu, John M. Tranquada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M5.00009: Synthesis and superconductivity in spark plasma sintered pristine and graphene-doped FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ Pooja Puneet, Ramakrishna Podila, Jian He, Apparao Rao, Austin Howard, Nicholas Cornell, Anvar A. Zakhidov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M5.00010: An ab-initio Quantum Monte Carlo analysis of pressure and magnetism in the unconventional superconductor, FeSe Brian Busemeyer, Lucas K. Wagner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M5.00011: Recent studies on the isovalent phosphorous-substituted 122-type iron pnictides Yuanyuan Zhao, Anrris Tai, C.S. Ting Preview Abstract

Session M6: Focus Session: Coupling Polarization and Magnetism I

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Weida Wu, Rutgers University
Room: 006A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M6.00001: \textit{In-situ} Raman Spectroscopic Investigation of Relaxor Multiferroic Pb(Fe$_{0.5}$Nb$_{0.5})$O$_{3}$ under High Pressure and Temperature Conditions Brandon Wilfong, M. Ahart, S.A. Gramsch, X. Li, H. Luo, C. Stock, R.J. Hemley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M6.00002: Investigation of the multiferroic behavior in FeVO$_{4}$ single crystals Ehab Abdelhamid, Kenta Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Onattu D. Jayakumar, Vaman M. Naik, Ratna Naik, Gavin Lawes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M6.00003: Near Room-Temperature Magnetism and Enhanced Magnetic Moments in Multiferroic (LuFeO$_{3})_{\mathrm{m}}$/(LuFe$_{2}$O$_{4})_{\mathrm{n}}$ Superlattices Jarrett Moyer, Julia Mundy, Charles Brooks, Megan Holtz, David Muller, Darrell Schlom, Peter Schiffer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M6.00004: RMO3 perovskite oxides with magnetic and ferroelectric polar structures Wei Ren, Shunbo Hu, Yabei Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M6.00005: Excess-hole induced high temperature polarized state and its correlation with the multiferroicity in single crystalline DyMnO$_{3}$ Tao Zou, Zhiling Dun, Huibo Cao, Mengze Zhu, Daniel Coulter, Haidong Zhou, Xianglin Ke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M6.00006: Colossal Directional Dichroism in a Multiferroic CuB$_{2}$O$_{4}$ Shingo Toyoda, Nobuyuki Abe, Shojiro Kimura, Yasuhiro H. Matsuda, Toshihiro Nomura, Akihiko Ikeda, Shojiro Takeyama, Taka-hisa Arima Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M6.00007: Magneto-orbital helices as a route to coupling magnetism and ferroelectricity in multiferroic CaMn7O12 Invited Speaker: Roger Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M6.00008: Ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy of hexagonal LuFeO$_{3}$ films Dmitri A. Tenne, D.A. Hillsberry, E.L. Thies, J.A. Mundy, D.A. Muller, C.M. Brooks, D.G. Schlom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M6.00009: Pressure induced spin-flop transition in multiferroic Mn$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Co$_{\mathrm{x}}$WO$_{4}$ Feng Ye, Jinchen Wang, Songxue Chi, Jaime Fernandez-Baca, M. Gooch, Bernd Lorenz, K.-C. Liang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y.Y. Sun, C.W. Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M6.00010: Composition and temperature dependences of electric-field control of nonvolatile magnetization in Co40Fe40B20/Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)(1-x)TixO3 multiferroic heterostructures Yan Liu, Yong Zhao, Pei Li, Sen Zhang, Da Li, Hao Wu, Xiu Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M6.00011: Directional dichroism in Co$_{3}$B$_{7}$O$_{13}$I Nobuyuki Abe, Naoki Watanabe, Shingo Toyoda, Taka-hisa Arima, Nguen Khanh, Mitsuru Saito, Shojiro Kimura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M6.00012: Iron borate multiferroic a new way to observe electromagnon? Pauline Rovillain, Barbara Mansart, Christie Nelson, L.N. Bezmaternykh, Ricardo P. S. M. Lobo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M6.00013: Strain effects on the ferroelectric polarization of hybrid organic inorganic perovskite compounds Saurabh Ghosh, Domenico Di Sante, Alessandro Stroppa, Silvia Picozzi, Craig J. Fennie Preview Abstract

Session M7: Focus Session: Topological Crystalline Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Yoshinori Okada, Tohoku University
Room: 006B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M7.00001: Electron and spin properties of topological crystalline insulator (Pb,Sn)Se Invited Speaker: Tomasz Story Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M7.00002: Topological crystalline insulator states in layered materials Youngkuk Kim, Charles Kane, Eugene Mele, Andrew Rappe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M7.00003: Strain engineering Dirac surface states in heteroepitaxial topological crystalline insulator thin films Ilija Zeljkovic, Daniel Walkup, Badih Assaf, Kane Scipioni, Raman Sankar, Fangcheng Chou, Vidya Madhavan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M7.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M7.00005: Realization of topological phase transition in Pb$_{1-x}$Sn$_{x}$Te (111) films Chenhui Yan, Junwei Liu, Yunyi Zang, Zhenyu Wang, Jianfeng Wang, Zhidong Zhang, Lili Wang, Xucun Ma, Shuaihua Ji, Ke He, Liang Fu, Wenhui Duan, Qi-Kun Xue, Xi Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M7.00006: Searching for ideal bulk insulating Pb-system topological crystalline insulator materials Genda Gu, R.D. Zhong, John Schneeloch, T.S. Liu, Jhon Tranquada, X.G. He, Wei Ku, I. Pletikosic, T. Valla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M7.00007: Fe-doped Topological Crystalline Insulator SnTe Thin Films Stephen D. Albright, K. Zou, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M7.00008: Properties of thin film SnTe grown by molecular beam epitaxy K. Zou, Stephen D. Albright, G.H. Simon, M.D. Morales-Acosta, Eric Altman, F.J. Walker, C.H. Ahn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M7.00009: Electronic and spin structure of topological surface state in Sn-based ternary topological insulators Maia G. Vergniory, Tatiana V. Menshchikova, Igor V. Silkin, Yury M. Koroteev, Sergey V. Eremeev, Evgueni V. Chulkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M7.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M7.00011: Hidden topological surface states on SnTe (111) surface Jianfeng Wang, Junwei Liu, Wenhui Duan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M7.00012: Surface state of superconducting topological crystalline insulator Tatsuki Hashimoto, Keiji Yada, Masatoshi Sato, Yukio Tanaka Preview Abstract

Session M8: From Single Molecules to Molecular Assemblies on Surfaces III

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jeff Guest, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 006C

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M8.00001: Towards two-dimensional ferroelectrics and co-crystals Invited Speaker: Axel Enders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M8.00002: Surface Dipole Control of Liquid Crystal Alignment Jeffrey Schwartz, Yuxi Zhao, Alexandra Mendoza, Natcha Wattanatorn, Paul Weiss Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M8.00003: Self-assembly of functionalized indoles on surfaces Fabrizio De Marchi, Daling Cui, Josh Lipton-Duffin, Clara Santato, Jennifer MacLeod, Federico Rosei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M8.00004: Stereoelectronic Switching in Single-Molecule Junctions Haixing Li, Timothy Su, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, Latha Venkataraman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M8.00005: Transport through Self-Assembled Monolayer Molecular Junctions: Role of In-Plane Dephasing Jonatan Dubi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M8.00006: SERS detection of vibrational Stark effect using PCBM-based molecular junctions Yajing Li, Peter Doak, Pavlo Zolotavin, Jeffrey Neaton, Leeor Kronik, Douglas Natelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M8.00007: Graphene Template for Epitaxial Growth of Pentacene and C$_{60}$ Thin Film Kwanpyo Kim, Elton J.G. Santos, Tae Hoon Lee, Yoshio Nishi, Zhenan Bao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M8.00008: Study of the phase separation of organic molecules from solution on Si(111) substrates Miriam Cezza, Colin Qualters, Raymond Phaneuf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M8.00009: Atmospheric Effects on diF TESADT Thin-Film Transistors Brad Conrad, Cortney Bougher, Shawn Huston, Jeremy Ward, Abdul Obaid, Marsha Loth, John Anthony, Oana Jurchescu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M8.00010: 2d Assembly and solvation of supramolecular ionic polymers Janice Reutt-Robey, Qian Shao, Levan Tskipuri, Daisuke Takajo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M8.00011: High-resolution imaging of interfacial water: from water monomer to two-dimensional ice Ying Jiang, Jing Guo, Xiangzhi Meng, Ji Chen, Jinbo Peng, Jiming Sheng, Limei Xu, Xinzheng Li, Enge Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M8.00012: Amino Acid Immobilization of Surface Diffusion on Copper Nathan Guisinger, Erin Iski, Andrew Mannix, Brian Kiraly, Brandon Fisher, Mark Hersam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M8.00013: Metal-Organic Chains with Single-Site Pt(II): Insights from first principles simulations Duy Le, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract

Session M9: Semiconductor Materials: Synthesis, Growth, & Processing

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dongming Mei, University of South Dakota
Room: 006D

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M9.00001: Self-heating in an AlGaN/GaN transistor studied by ultraviolet and visible micro-Raman scattering Mohammad Nazari, Logan Hancock, Edwin Piner, Mark Holtz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M9.00002: Growth of high quality GaN layer on carbon nanotube-graphene network structure as intermediate layer Taeo Hoon Seo, Ah Hyun Park, Sungchan Park, Myung Jong Kim, Eun-Kyung Suh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M9.00003: Crystal growth and detector performance of large size high-purity Ge crystals Guojian Wang, Mark Amman, Hao Mei, Dongming Mei, Klaus Irmscher, Yutong Guan, Gang Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M9.00004: Characterization of dislocation and defects for large high purity Ge crystals Hao Mei, Guojian Wang, Yutong Guan, Gang Yang, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M9.00005: The Relationship Between Terminating Oxide Chemistry and InAs (100) Two-Dimensional Electron Gas (2DEG) Conductivity Kristen Collar, Wenyuan Jiao, Jincheng Li, Wei Kong, April Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M9.00006: Purification of Germanium Crystals by Zone Refinement: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches Gang Yang, Yutong Guan, Guojian Wang, Hao Mei, Fanyi Jian, Dongming Mei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M9.00007: Effects of Light Exposure on Dopant Incorporation and Migration in MBE-Grown GaAs(001) Charlotte E. Sanders, D.A. Beaton, K. Alberi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M9.00008: Progress in the growth and optical properties of dilute bismide III-V semiconductor alloys Daniel A. Beaton, T. Christian, R.B. Lewis, K. Alberi, A. Mascarenhas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M9.00009: Interplay of film thickness and laser fluence in laser-crystallized silicon films Matthew R. Semler, Justin M. Hoey, Srinivasan Guruvenket, Cody R. Gette, Orven F. Swenson, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M9.00010: Investigation of Nanodiamond and Silicon Carbide Foils Product for H- Stripping to Support Spallation Neutron Source Gary Harris, James Griffin, RD Vispute Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M9.00011: Synthesis and structural characterization of Nb2O5 Leonilson Kiyoshi Herval, Driele von Dreifus, Adriano C. Rabelo, Ariano D. Rodrigues, Yara Galv\~ao Gobato, Adilson J.A. de Oliveira, Ernesto C. Pereira, Marcio P.F. de Godoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M9.00012: Kondo effect in a novel 5d quasi-skutterudite Yb$_{3}$Os$_{4}$Ge$_{13}$ Youguo Shi, Chongli Yang, Xia Wang, Xu Zhang, Desheng Wu, Yifeng Yang, Jianlin Luo Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		M9.00013: Formation of ST12 phase Ge nanoparticles in ZnO thin films Abdullah Ceylan, Emre Gumrukcu, Sadan Ozcan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M9.00014: Single Element Silicon Quasicrystal on Glass Abdul Middya Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M9.00015: Increasing The Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells via an Anti-reflecting Nano-porous Surface Layer Ahmet Coskuner, Aisha Gokce, Omer Altunay, Yani Skarlatos, Ozhan Ozatay Preview Abstract

Session M10: Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: James Williams, University of Maryland
Room: 007A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M10.00001: Precise quantization of anomalous Hall effect near zero magnetic field Andrew Bestwick, Eli Fox, Xufeng Kou, Lei Pan, Kang Wang, David Goldhaber-Gordon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M10.00002: Universal scaling of the quantum anomalous Hall plateau transition Jing Wang, Biao Lian, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M10.00003: Tunable Anderson metal-insulator transition in quantum spin Hall insulators Chui-Zhen Chen, Haiwen Liu, Hua Jiang, Qing-feng Sun, Ziqiang Wang, X.C. Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M10.00004: Spin Texture and Mirror Chern number in Hg-Based Chalcogenides Qing-Ze Wang, Shu-Chun Wu, Claudia Felser, Binghai Yan, Chao-Xing Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M10.00005: Edge states in twisted bilayer graphene: quantum spin Hall and electron-hole bilayers Javier D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, Jason Luo, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M10.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M10.00007: Interaction induced topological phases in partially flat band graphene-like systems J\"orn W.F. Venderbos, Liang Fu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M10.00008: Optimizing proximity induced anomalous Hall effect in (Bi$_{x}$Sb$_{1-x})_{2}$Te$_{3}$/YIG heterostructures Zilong Jiang, Chi Tang, Jing Shi, Cuizu Chang, Peng Wei, Jagadeesh S. Moodera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M10.00009: Quantized Hall effect from the surface states of topological insulator thin films in a strong magnetic field Anna Pertsova, Carlo M. Canali, Allan H. MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M10.00010: Honeycomb lattice with multiorbital structure: Topological and quantum anomalous Hall insulators with large gaps Gu-Feng Zhang, Yi Li, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M10.00011: Observation of topological surface state quantum Hall effect in an intrinsic three-dimensional topological insulator Yang Xu, Ireneusz Miotkowski, Yong Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M10.00012: Giant Band Gap Quantum Spin Hall Phase with Weak Spin-Orbit Coupling Zhigang Wu, Marc Dvorak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M10.00013: Prediction of Near-Room-Temperature Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect on Honeycomb Materials Binghai Yan, Shu-Chun Wu, Guangcun Shan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M10.00014: Electronic Structure of Quantum Spin Hall Parent Compound CdTe Guang Bian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M10.00015: Unexpected edge conduction in HgTe quantum wells under broken time reversal symmetry Eric Yue Ma, M. Reyes Calvo, Jing Wang, Biao Lian, Matthias Muehlbauer, Christoph Br\"une, Yongtao Cui, Keji Lai, Worasom Kundhikanjana, Yongliang Yang, Matthias Baenninger, Markus K\"onig, Christopher Ames, Hartmut Buhmann, Philipp Leubner, Laurens Molenkamp, Shou-Cheng Zhang, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Michael Kelly, Zhi-Xun Shen Preview Abstract

Session M11: Superconductivity: Mostly Meso-Nano Scale

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina
Room: 007B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M11.00001: Size dependent suppression of superconductivity in granular mesoscopic Nb islands Malcolm Durkin, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Rita Garrido Menacho, Nadya Mason Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M11.00002: Origin of superconductivity and ferromagnetism in Bi/Ni/Bi sandwich trilayers Weiwei Zhao, Cui-zu Chang, Duk-Y Kim, Jagadeesh Moodera, Moses Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M11.00003: Electron Pairing Without Superconductivity Jeremy Levy, G. Cheng, M. Tomczyk, S. Lu, J.P. Veazey, M. Huang, P. Irvin, S. Ryu, H. Lee, C.-B. Eom, C.S. Hellberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M11.00004: Andreev Bound States in Confined Superconducting Semiconductor Nanowires Guanglei Cheng, Michelle Tomczyk, Shicheng Lu, Josh Veazey, Mengchen Huang, Patrick Irvin, Jeremy Levy, Hyungwoo Lee, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M11.00005: Detection of vortex trapping in mesoscopic single-crystal loops of NbSe$_2$ by magnetoresistance oscillations Shaun Mills, Chenyi Shen, Zhaun Xu, Ying Liu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M11.00006: Andreev states in the spin-symmetric solution of a quantum dot attached to superconducting leads Vaclav Janis, Vladislav Pokorny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M11.00007: Splitting individual Cooper pairs and single photon detection in superconducting aluminium Megan Edwards, Nicholas Lambert, Adam Esmail, Andrew Ferguson, Brendon Lovett, Felix Pollock Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M11.00008: Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation and optimal inhomogeneity in superconducting BaPb$_{1-x}$Bi$_x$O$_3$ Paula Giraldo-Gallo, Ying Zhang, Carolina Parra, Hari Manoharan, Malcolm Beasley, Theodore Geballe, Matthew Kramer, Ian Fisher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M11.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M11.00010: Interaction Determined Electron Energy Levels in One-Dimension Michael Pepper, Sanjeev Kumar, Kalarikad Thomas, Luke Smith, Graham Creeth, Ian Farrer, David Ritchie, Geraint Jones, Griffiths Jonathan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M11.00011: Strong effects of weak ac driving in short superconducting junctions Roman-Pascal Riwar, Manuel Houzet, Julia S. Meyer, Yuli V. Nazarov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M11.00012: Weber blockade in superconducting nanowires Tyler Morgan-Wall, Benjamin Leith, Nikolaus Hartman, Atikur Rahman, Nina Markovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M11.00013: Generation of photon pairs at different frequencies: route toward quantum microwave source Daniel Esteve, Olivier Parlavecchio, Carles Altimiras, Philippe Joyez, Denis Vion, Patrice Roche, Fabien Portier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M11.00014: Point-contact spectroscopy on the 3-Dimensional Dirac Semi-metal Cd$_3$As$_2$ Goutam Sheet, Abhishek Gaurav, Gohil Singh Thakur, Zeba Haque, Ashok Kumar Ganguli, Leena Aggarwal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M11.00015: Tilting of the magnetic field in Majorana nanowires Stefan Rex, Asle Sudb{\O} Preview Abstract

Session M12: Exotic Topological Superconductors II

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dale Van Harlingen, University of Illinois
Room: 007C

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M12.00001: Symbiosis of ferromagnetism and superconductivity in topological insulators Y. S. Hor, Y. Qiu, K. N. Sanders, J. E. Medvedeva, T. Vojta, J. Dai, W. Wu, P. Ghaemi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M12.00002: High field magnetization of Half-Heusler compound LuPdBi Benjamin Lawson, Gang Li, Colin Tinsman, Fan Yu, Tomoya Asaba, Xiangfeng Wang, Johnpierre Paglione, Lu Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M12.00003: Superconductivity induced by In substitution into the topological crystalline insulator Pb$_{0.5}$Sn$_{0.5}$Te Ruidan Zhong, John Schneeloch, Tiansheng Liu, Fernando Camino, John Tranquada, Genda Gu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M12.00004: mk-STM study of Cu$_{0.2}$Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ with W and Nb Tips Rami Dana, Wan-Ting Liao, Ireneusz Miotkowski, Yong P. Chen, Michael Dreyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M12.00005: Quasiparticle Interference Patterns on the Surface of a Topological Insulator with Superconductivity Aaron Farrell, Maxime Beaudry, Tami Pereg-Barnea, Marcel Franz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M12.00006: Topological superconductivity with unconventional pairing symmetry characterized by monopole harmonics Yi Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M12.00007: Low-energy phonons and superconductivity in Sn$_{.8}$In$_{.2}$Te Guangyong Xu, Zhijun Xu, John Schneeloch, Ruidan Zhong, J.A. Rodriguez-Rivera, L. Harriger, Robert Birgeneau, Genda Gu, John Tranquada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M12.00008: Discovery of superconductivity in Bi$_{2}$Te: evidence of universal behavior in an infinitely adaptive series under compression Ryan Stillwell, Jason Jeffries, Scott McCall, Zsolt Jenei, Sam Weir, Yogesh Vohra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M12.00009: Superconductivity near a 3-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal: Topological Crystalline Insulator (Pb$_{1-x}$Sn$_x$)$_{1-y}$In$_y$Te near the Inversion Transition Tonica Valla, I. Pletikosic, T. Yilmaz, A.P. Weber, R.D. Zhong, G.D. Gu, B. Sinkovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M12.00010: Entanglement Entropy and Entanglement Spectrum of Disordered Topological Superconductors Jan Borchmann, Aaron Farrell, Shunji Matsuura, Tami Pereg-Barnea Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M12.00011: One dimensional parafermionic phases and topological order Nicolas Regnault, Aris Alexandradinata, Chen Fang, Matthew Gilbert, Andrei Bernevig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M12.00012: Topological aspects of Josephson pi-junctions in Kitaev wires Christian Sp{\aa}nsl\"att, Eddy Ardonne, Jan Budich, T.H. Hansson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M12.00013: Topological states in normal and superconducting p-wave chains Mucio Continentino, Heron Caldas, David Nozadze, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M12.00014: Surface Majorana fermions and bulk collective modes in superfluid $^3$He-$B$ Joseph Maciejko, YeJe Park, Suk Bum Chung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M12.00015: Conditions for Non-Abelian Braiding in Time-Reversal Invariant Topological Superconductors Pin Gao, Vic Kam Tuen Law, Xiong-Jun Liu Preview Abstract

Session M13: Focus Session: Complex Oxide Interfaces - LaAlO3/SrTiO3 I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ralph Claessen, Universitat Wurzburg
Room: 007D

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M13.00001: Emergent Phenomena in Oxide Superlattices from DFT+DMFT Invited Speaker: Chris Marianetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M13.00002: Structural, chemical and electronic changes at LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaces near the critical thickness Rohan Mishra, S.T. Pantelides, Jaume Gazquez, G. Herranz, M. Stengel, M. Scigaj, N. Dix, F. Sanchez, J. Fontcuberta, M. Varela, A.Y. Borisevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M13.00003: Surface charging in LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures Karthik Krishnaswamy, Cyrus E. Dreyer, Anderson Janotti, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M13.00004: Understanding enhanced UV photo-response of Pd nanoparticle-coated LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ using ambient control Kelvin probe force microscopy Dong-Wook Kim, Haeri Kim, Ngai Yui Chan, Jiyan Dai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M13.00005: Increasing the capacitance beyond the classical limits in capacitors with free-electron like electrodes Javier Junquera, Pablo Garc\'{\i}a-Fern\'andez, Pablo de Castro-Manzano, Massimiliano Stengel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M13.00006: 2D charge confinement in oxide heterostructures: fundaments from First-Principles Alessio Filippetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M13.00007: Role of Oxygen in the Resistance Upturn of LaAlO$_{3}$ /SrTiO$_{3}$ Heterostructures H. Zhang, J.H. Ngai, C. Ahn, C. McMahon, D.G. Hawthorn, J.Y.T. Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M13.00008: The Role of Lattice Mismatch and Polar Fluctuation at the Conducting Oxide Interfaces Zhen Huang, Kun Han, Shengwei Zeng, Mallikarjuna Motapothula, Weiming L\"u, Yongliang Zhao, Changjian Li, Wenxiong Zhou, Michael Coey, Thirumalai Venkatesan, Ariando Ariando Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M13.00009: Interface orientation dependent carrier distribution in LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ heterostructures Tula R. Paudel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M13.00010: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of 2DEG in Complex Oxide Interfaces and Heterostructures Igor Altfeder, Hyungwoo Lee, Alp Sehirlioglu, Chang-Beom Eom, Andrey Voevodin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M13.00011: The role of La displacement in Titanium $d_{xy}$ ferromagnetism at the LaAlO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$-- double-exchange like mediation Sung-Hyon Rhim, Dorj Odkhuu, Dongbin Shim, Noejung Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M13.00012: Importance of the surface in interfacial conductivity in LaAlO$_3$ thin films on SrTiO$_3$ C. Stephen Hellberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M13.00013: Effects of structural phase transitions on the interface of perovskite oxides Nicholas J. Goble, Richard Akrobetu, Alp Sehirlioglu, Thong Q. Ngo, John G. Ekerdt, Kristy J. Kormondy, Alexander A. Demkov, Xuan P.A. Gao Preview Abstract

Session M14: Focus Session: Mesoscopic Electronic Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Juan M. Merlo, Boston College
Room: 008A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M14.00001: Hydrodynamic Coulomb drag, magnetodrag and Hall drag of strongly correlated electron liquids Stanislav Apostolov, Alex Levchenko, Anton Andreev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M14.00002: Spin-charge scattering in generic Luttinger liquids Alex Levchenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M14.00003: Determination of time-reversal symmetry breaking lengths in an InGaAs Sagnac interferometer array Shaola Ren, J.J. Heremans, C.K. Gaspe, S. Vijeyaragunathan, T.D. Mishima, M.B. Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M14.00004: Quantum interference and correlations in single dopants and exchange-coupled dopants in silicon Invited Speaker: Joe Salfi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M14.00005: Spin Technologies in Silicon Carbide Invited Speaker: Paul Klimov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M14.00006: Al Nanowire Arrays For Plasmonic Devices Nathan T. Nesbitt, Aaron H. Rose, Yitzi M. Calm, Juan M. Merlo, Steve Shepard, Greg McMahon, Chia-Kuang Tsung, Michael J. Burns, Michael J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M14.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M14.00008: Dielectric tuned surface plasmon resonances on metallic gratings Adam Hauser, Bill Flaherty, Ka Ming Law, Evgeny Mikheev, Adam Kajdos, Susanne Stemmer, S. James Allen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M14.00009: Surface plasmons as a tool to modify the magnetic properties of nanomagnets Fernando Galvez, Miguel Angel Garcia, David Perez de Lara, Jose L. Vicent Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M14.00010: Small Footprint Nano-Mechanical Plasmonic Phase Modulators Brian Dennis, Michael Haftel, David Czaplewski, Daniel Lopez, Girsh Blumberg, Vladimir Aksyuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M14.00011: Interferometric Plasmonic Lensing with Nanohole Arrays Yu Gong, Alan Joly, Patrick El-Khoury, Wayne Hess Preview Abstract

Session M15: Focus Session: Electronic Properties and Energy Conversion in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
Room: 008B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M15.00001: Photocatalytic Solar Fuel Generation on Semiconductor Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Jochen Feldmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M15.00002: Gate-Induced Carrier Delocalization in Quantum Dot Field Effect Transistors M.E. Turk, J.-H. Choi, S.J. Oh, A.T. Fafarman, B.T. Diroll, C.B. Murray, C.R. Kagan, J.M. Kikkawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M15.00003: Charge trapping and de-trapping in isolated CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals under an external electric field: indirect evidence of a permanent dipole moment Huidong Zang, Mingzhao Liu, Fernando Camino, Mircea Cotlet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M15.00004: Probing Energy Levels of Large Array Quantum Dot Superlattice by Electronic Transport Measurement S.Z. Bisri, E. Degoli, N. Spallanzani, G. Krishnan, B. Kooi, C. Ghica, M. Yarema, L. Protesescu, W. Heiss, M. Kovalenko, O. Pulci, S. Ossicini, Y. Iwasa, M.A. Loi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M15.00005: Singlet and Triplet Exciton Harvesting in the Thin Films of Colloidal Quantum Dots Interfacing Phosphorescent Small Organic Molecules Burak Guzelturk, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Dewei Zhao, Xiao Wei Sun, Hilmi Volkan Demir Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M15.00006: Electron-Electron and Electron-Phonon interactions effects on the tunnel electronic spectrum of PbS quantum dots Hongyue Wang, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Qian Yu, Alireza Mottaghizadeh, Christian Ulysse, Alexandre Zimmers, Benoit Dubertret, Herve Aubin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M15.00007: Impact of particle interactions on the photoluminescent stability of silicon nanocrystal clusters Joseph B. Miller, Naveen Dandu, Rebecca J. Anthony, Uwe R. Kortshagen, Daniel M. Kroll, Svetlana Kilina, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M15.00008: Plasmonic Cavity Transparency Induced by a Single Quantum Dot Thomas Hartsfield, Wei-Shun Chang, Sung-Cheol Yang, Tzuhsuan Ma, Jinwei Shi, Liuyang Sun, Gennady Shvets, Stephan Link, Xiaoqin Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M15.00009: Ultrafast Excitonic and Plasmonic Processes at the Nanoscale: Understanding Energy Flow in Hybrid Nanostructures Gary Wiederrecht Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M15.00010: Directed synthesis of Mn$_{\mathrm{x}}$Ti$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$O$_{2}$ tunnel structured materials for energy applications Tim Droubay, Anne Chaka, Sebastien Kerisit, Eugene Ilton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M15.00011: Energy filtering in nanowires Maarten Thewissen, Bart Sor\'{e}e, Wim Magnus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M15.00012: Influence of non-gaussian statistics and dynamic non-locality in temporal evolution of open quantum systems Carlos Florez, Leonardo Pach\'on Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M15.00013: First-Principles Approach to Transient Heat Flow in Quantum Systems Kamil Walczak, Kirk Yerkes Preview Abstract

Session M16: Focus Session: Designed Function in Reduced Dimensional Materials and Clusters

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Raghunathan Ramakrishnan, University of Basel, Switzerland
Room: 101AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M16.00001: Topologically nontrivial electronic bands and tunable Dirac cones in graphynes with spin-orbit coupling Vladimir Juricic, Guido van Miert, Cristiane Morais Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M16.00002: Chemical Trends for Transition Metal Compound Bonding to Graphene Bjoern Lange, Volker Blum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M16.00003: Density-Functional Theory Study of Nucleation and Growth of Metallic Nanoparticles on MoS2(001) Wissam A. Saidi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M16.00004: Li Storage Properties of Disordered Single- and Bi-Layer Graphene H. Yildirim, Alper Kinaci, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Maria Chan, Jeffrey P. Greeley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M16.00005: Structure and electronic properties of alkali and alkaline-earth metals on graphene Jian Zhou, Shunhong Zhang, Qian Wang, Qiang Sun, Purusottam Jena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M16.00006: The effect of depolarization fields on the electronic properties of two-dimensional materials Young-Han Shin, Hye Jung Kim, Mohammad Noor-A-Alam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M16.00007: First-principles studies of hematite nanoribbons Prabath Wanaguru, Jiao An, Qiming Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M16.00008: Getting the Most from 2-D Materials: the Role of Device Dimensionality Huashan Li, David Strubbe, Jeffrey Grossman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M16.00009: Structure Matters More than Size: Tuning the Electronic Properties of (TiO$_{2})_{\mathrm{n}}$ Clusters Noa Marom, Saswata Bhattacharya, Luca Ghiringhelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M16.00010: Electronic and optical properties of ultrathin silicon nanomembranes: A first-principles investigation Woosun Jang, Su-Hyun Yoo, Aloysius Soon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M16.00011: What is the work function of a small nanocrystal? Lingyuan Gao, Jaime Souto, Alex Demkov, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M16.00012: Effects of Interaction Range and Strength on the Phase Behavior of Small Clusters of Colloidal Particles Ray Sehgal, Dimitrios Maroudas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M16.00013: Stabilization of Small Boron Cage by Transition Metal Encapsulation Lijun Zhang, Jian Lv, Yanchao Wang, Yanming Ma Preview Abstract

Session M17: Graphene: Terahertz Physics and Plasmons

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Junichiro Kono, Rice University
Room: 102AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M17.00001: Optimizing Broadband Terahertz Modulation with Hybrid Graphene/Metasurface Structures Sufei Shi, Bo Zeng, Hui-Ling Han, Xiaoping Hong, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Hae Sae, Alex Zettl, Mike Crommie, Feng Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M17.00002: Full-range Gate-controlled Terahertz Phase Modulation with Graphene Metasurfaces Qiong Wu, Ziqi Miao, Xin Li, Ding Kun, Qiong He, Zhenhua An, Yuanbo Zhang, Lei Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M17.00003: Coupling of strongly localized graphene plasmons to molecular vibrations Damon Farmer, Yilei Li, Hugen Yan, Xiang Meng, Wenjuan Zhu, Richard Osgood, Tony Heinz, Phaedon Avouris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M17.00004: Effects of screening on the propagation of graphene surface plasmons Ken-ichi Sasaki, Norio Kumada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M17.00005: Retardation effect in graphene plasmonics Hugen Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M17.00006: Plasmon-enhanced terahertz photodetection in graphene Xinghan Cai, Andrei Sushkov, Mohammad Jadidi, R.L. Myers-Ward, A.K. Boyd, K.M. Daniels, D. Kurt Gaskill, Thomas Murphy, H. Dennis Drew, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M17.00007: Controlling Terahertz Waves using Graphene Supercapacitors Nurbek Kakenov, Osman Balci, Emre O. Polat, Hakan Altan, Coskun Kocabas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M17.00008: THz pump-THz probe study of electrostatically gated graphene Jingdi Zhang, Mengkun Liu, Martin Wagner, D. N. Basov, Richard D. Averitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M17.00009: Top Gated Graphene PN junctions for THz detection Anthony Boyd, Anindya Nath, Mehdi Jadidi, Ryan Suess, Andrei Sushkov, Gregory Jenkins, H. Dennis Drew, Thomas Murphy, Rachael Myers-Ward, Kevin Daniels, D. Kurt Gaskill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M17.00010: Strong exciton-plasmon coupling in graphene-semiconductor structures Tigran V. Shahbazyan, Kirill A. Velizhanin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M17.00011: Plasmons in metal contacted graphene M.M. Jadidi, A.B. Suchkov, R.L. Myers-Ward, A.K. Boyd, K.M. Daniels, D.K. Gaskill, H.D. Drew, T.E. Murphy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M17.00012: Electro-optic and Many-body Effects on Optical Absorption of Twisted Bilayer Graphene Kan-Heng Lee, Lujie Huang, Cheol-Joo Kim, Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M17.00013: Doping and Field Dependent Electrical Conductivity of Angle-Resolved Twisted Bilayer Graphene Lujie Huang, Cheol-Joo Kim, Adam Wei Tsen, Lola Brown, Jiwoong Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M17.00014: Resonant Tunneling and Intrinsic Bistability in Twisted Graphene Structures Joaquin Rodriguez-Nieva, Mildred Dresselhaus, Leonid Levitov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M17.00015: Discovery of bound excitons in twisted bilayer graphene Hiral Patel, Jiwoong Park, Matt Graham Preview Abstract

Session M18: Invited Session: Intersections of Density Functional Theory and Quantum Information

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP GQI
Chair: Rudy Magyar, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: Mission Room 103A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M18.00001: From ground-state densities to entangled wave functions: an exploration for the Hubbard model Invited Speaker: Klaus Capelle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M18.00002: Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Universal Quantum Computation Invited Speaker: David Tempel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M18.00003: The computational complexity of many-electron problems and Density Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Norbert Schuch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M18.00004: What Density Functional Theory could do for Quantum Information Invited Speaker: Ann Mattsson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M18.00005: Density Functional Theory and Quantum Computation Invited Speaker: Frank Gaitan Preview Abstract

Session M19: Invited Session: Industry Day: Progress and Challenges of Additive Manufacturing

Sponsoring Units: FIAP DPOLY
Chair: Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York, Stonybrook
Room: Mission Room 103B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M19.00001: Advances in Additive Manufacturing Invited Speaker: Vlastimil Kunc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M19.00002: 3D Printing of Human Tissue Mimics via Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polymer/Hydrogel Biopapers Invited Speaker: Bradley Ringeisen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M19.00003: 3-D Constructs--Molded vs. Printed: The differences from a cell based perspective Invited Speaker: Marcia Simon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M19.00004: Novel Patterning Approaches for Continued Device Scaling Invited Speaker: Florian Gstrein Preview Abstract

Session M20: Invited Session: Reichert Award Session: Re-imagining the Advanced Lab

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University
Room: Ballroom B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:45AM		M20.00001: Reichert Award Talk: Preparing Physics Students in an Era of Virtual Reality Invited Speaker: Carl Akerlof Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:45AM - 12:15PM		M20.00002: A hands-on introduction to quantum mechanics Invited Speaker: David Jackson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:45PM		M20.00003: Preparing students for experimental research through instructional labs Invited Speaker: Heather Lewandowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:45PM - 1:15PM		M20.00004: Autonomy Invited Speaker: D.A. Van Baak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:45PM		M20.00005: Investigating student learning in upper-division laboratory courses on analog electronics Invited Speaker: MacKenzie Stetzer Preview Abstract

Session M21: Focus Session: Novel Instrumentation and Measurement Science for X-ray and Neutrons

Sponsoring Units: GIMS
Chair: Dennis Mills, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 201

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M21.00001: Measurement and Instrumentation Challenges at X-ray Free Electron Lasers Invited Speaker: Yiping Feng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M21.00002: TBD Invited Speaker: Alan Tennant Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M21.00003: LCLS-II: Upgrade Plans for the Linac Coherent Light Source--Including New Scientific Opportunities William Schlotter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M21.00004: Fourier transform inelastic x-ray scattering from phonons using Free Electron Laser pulses Mariano Trigo, Thomas Henighan, David Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M21.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M21.00006: A MEMS-based device used for alignment and manipulation of MLL x-ray focusing optics Weihe Xu, Kenneth Lauer, Hui Yan, Veljko Millanovic, Evgeny Nazaretski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M21.00007: Forbidden Reflections in X-ray Crystal Truncation Rods: Using Surface Reference Waves to Distinguish Charge and Vibrational Asymmetry in Bulk Silicon Jesse Kremenak, Yiyao Chen, Shawn Hayden, Michael Gramlich, Paul Miceli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M21.00008: Phonon Mapping in Flowing Equilibrium J.P.C. Ruff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M21.00009: Nanoparticle twinning observed using correlated x-ray scattering at a free electron laser Derek Mendez, Herschel Watkins, Daniel Ratner, Gundolf Schenk, Sebastian Doniach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M21.00010: Mapping of Strain Inhomogeneity within a Single Ni-NiO Core-Shell Nanoparticle using Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging Erandi Wijerathna, R. Harder, J. Clark, B. Kiefer, E. Fullerton, O. Shpyrko, E. Fohtung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M21.00011: Measurement of fast dynamic strain generated by focusing of surface acoustic waves Uday Singh, Y. Li, D.A. Walko, S. Adenwalla Preview Abstract

Session M22: Heavy Fermions: Ce-115 and Yb-based Compounds: Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Steven Dissler, NIST
Room: 202A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M22.00001: An Angle Resolved Photoemission Survey of the Band Structure of the Heavy Fermion Superconductor, CeCoIn$_5$ Theodore Reber, Jonathon Rameau, Rongwei Hu, Cedomir Petrovic, Peter Johnson Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		M22.00002: Landau Renormalizations of Superfluid Density in the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn5 Lei Shu, D.E. MacLaughlin, C.M. Varma, O.O. Bernal, P.-C. Ho, R.H. Fukuda, X.P. Shen, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M22.00003: Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking in Polar Kerr Measurements of the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor CeCoIn$_5$ Eli Levenson-Falk, Joshua Straquadine, Elizabeth Schemm, Aharon Kapitulnik, Priscilla Rosa, Zachary Fisk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M22.00004: Ultrafast dynamics in CeCoIn$_{5}$ Inna Vishik, Fahad Mahmood, Zhanybek Alpichshev, Shanta Saha, Johnpierre Paglione, Nuh Gedik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M22.00005: Field induced density wave in the heavy fermion compound CeRhIn5 Philip Moll, Bin Zeng, Luis Balicas, Stanislaw Galeski, Fedor Balakirev, Eric Bauer, Filip Ronning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M22.00006: Observation of field-induced Fermi surface reconstruction in CeRhIn5 Huiqiu Yuan, Lin Jiao, Zongfa Weng, Ye Chen, Frank Steglich, David Graf, John Singleton, Marcelo Jaime, Eric Bauer, Joe Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M22.00007: The magnitude of the magnetic exchange interaction in the heavy fermion antiferromagnet CeRhIn$_{5}$ P. Das, S.-Z. Lin, N.J. Ghimire, F. Ronning, E.D. Bauer, J.D. Thompson, C.D. Batista, M. Janoschek, K. Huang, G. Ehlers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M22.00008: Fine tuning of the quantum criticality in the heavy fermion superlattices CeRhIn$_{5}$/YbRhIn$_{5}$ Ryota Endo, Rintaro Toda, Yousuke Hanaoka, Masaaki Shimozawa, Takuya Yamashita, Yusuke Shimoyama, Shigeru Kasahara, Yoshi Tokiwa, Yuiti Kasahara, Takasada Shibauchi, Takahito Terashima, Yuji Matsuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M22.00009: Pressure studies of the quantum critical alloy Ce$_{0.93}$Yb$_{0.07}$CoIn$_{5}$ Y.P. Singh, D.J. Haney, X.Y. Huang, B.D. White, M.B. Maple, M. Dzero, C.C. Almasan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M22.00010: Chemical substitution study on magnetism and superconductivity in Ce$_{1-x}$Sm$_x$CoIn$_5$ Sooyoung Jang, B.D. White, D. Yazici, A.S. Wong, M.B. Maple Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M22.00011: Tuning the Kondo effect in YbFe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$Zn$_{20}$ Tai Kong, Valentin Taufour, Sergey Bud'ko, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M22.00012: Thermal expansion and quantum criticality of the heavy fermion antiferromagnet YbBiPt Rishi Bhandia, E.D. Munn, S.L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, G.M. Schmiedeshoff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M22.00013: Hybridization and coherence in the intermediate valence compound YbAl$_{3}$ via quasiparticle scattering spectroscopy (QPS)$^{\ast }$ L.H. Greene, S.M. Narasiwodeyar, M. Dwyer, W.K. Park, P.C. Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M22.00014: Visualizing Heavy Fermions in Thin Films by in situ ARPES Shouvik Chatterjee, Darrell Schlom, Kyle Shen Preview Abstract

Session M23: Focus Session: Petascale Science and Beyond: Applications and Opportunities in Materials Science and Chemistry II

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Barry Schneider, National Institute for Standards and Technology
Room: 202B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M23.00001: DAG Software Architectures for Multi-Scale Multi-Physics Problems at Petascale and Beyond Invited Speaker: Martin Berzins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M23.00002: High performance electronic structure engineering Marco Govoni, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M23.00003: Excited calculations of large scale multiwalled nanotubes using real-space pseudopotential methods Charles Lena, James Chelikowsky, Jack Deslippe, Yousef Saad, Chao Yang, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M23.00004: Scalable real space pseudopotential-density functional codes for materials applications James R. Chelikowsky, Charles Lena, Grady Schofield, Yousef Saad, Jack Deslippe, Chao Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M23.00005: Numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation for atoms and molecules in intense laser fields Invited Speaker: Xiaoxu Guan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M23.00006: Solving the Time Dependent Schroedinger Equation using the FEDVR/SIL Method Barry Schneider Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M23.00007: Hybrid MPI/OpenMP First Principles Materials Science Codes for Intel Xeon Phi (MIC) based HPC: The Petascale and Beyond Andrew Canning, Jack Deslippe, James Chelikowsky, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M23.00008: Time-Dependent Superfluids on Heterogeneous Computing Platforms Kenneth Roche Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M23.00009: Identification of metastable ultrasmall titanium oxide clusters using a hybrid optimization algorithm Eric Inclan, David Geohegan, Mina Yoon Preview Abstract

Session M24: Electronic Structure Methods III

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP FIAP
Chair: Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University
Room: 203AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M24.00001: A Novel Gaussian-Sinc mixed Basis Set for Electronic Structure calculations Jonathan Jerke, Young Lee, C.J. Tymczak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M24.00002: Modeling the kinetic energy density of molecules -- towards an orbital-free meta-GGA Antonio Cancio, Dane Stewart, Jeremy Redd Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M24.00003: Convergence of the phonon energy in two-dimensional atomic crystal of lead Jia-An Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M24.00004: Implicit solvent models in VASP Kiran Mathew, Richard Hennig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M24.00005: Compact wavefunctions from compressed imaginary time evolution Jarrod McClean, Alan Aspuru-Guzik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M24.00006: First-Principles Studies of the Excited States of Chromophore Monomers and Dimers Samia Hamed, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Jeffrey Neaton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M24.00007: ``Phantom'' Modes in \textit{Ab Initio} Tunneling Calculations: Implications for Theoretical Materials Optimization, Tunneling, and Transport Sergey V. Barabash, Dipankar Pramanik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M24.00008: Three- to two-dimensional crossover in time-dependent density-functional theory Shahrzad Karimi, Carsten Ullrich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M24.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M24.00010: Ultrafast coupled plasmon-phonon mode dynamics in GaAs, a combined experimental and theoretical approach Evan Thatcher, Christopher Stanton, Kunie Ishioka, Amlan Basak, Hrvoje Petek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M24.00011: Surface Dangling Bonds Are a Cause of Type-II Blinking in Si Nanoparticles Nicholas Brawand, Marton Voros, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M24.00012: Auxiliary density functionals: a new class of methods for efficient, stable density functional theory calculations Phil Hasnip, Matt Probert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M24.00013: Speeding up DFT: A new approach to k-point integration Jeremy J. Jorgensen, Derek C. Thomas, Matthew M. Burbidge, Ian H. Sloan, Conrad W. Rosenbrock, Rodney W. Forcade, Bret C. Hess, Gus L.W. Hart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M24.00014: Universal continuum solvation models for plane-wave density functional theory Deniz Gunceler, T.A. Arias Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M24.00015: Ab-initio atomic level stress and role of d-orbitals in CuZr, CuZn and CuY Madhusudan Ojha, Don M. Nicholson, Takeshi Egami Preview Abstract

Session M25: Theory of Superconductivity I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Harold Jeschke, ITP, Frankfurt
Room: 203B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M25.00001: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of electron doped ZrNCl Antia S. Botana, Francois Gygi, Warren E. Pickett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M25.00002: Density Functional Theory for Superconductors: new functionals and applications Antonio Sanna, E.K.U. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M25.00003: Unconventional superconductivity and charge fluctuations in Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ Natalia Lera, Jose Alvarez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M25.00004: Superconducting phase diagram of itinerant antiferromagnets Astrid Tranum Roemer, Ilya Eremin, Peter J. Hirschfeld, Brian M. Andersen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M25.00005: Dynamical Jahn-Teller instability in metallic fullerides Naoya Iwahara, Liviu Chibotaru Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M25.00006: Microscopic Theory of the Knight Shift Bianca Hall Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M25.00007: On the existence of superfluidity between two critical temperatures Ilya Grigorenko, Roman Kezerashvili Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M25.00008: Amplitude mode in diluted O(N) models Yury Kiselev, Daniel Arovas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M25.00009: Phonon Fano effect in RIXS across a CDW instability Thomas Devereaux Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M25.00010: Thermodynamics of superconducting quantum metamaterials Pierre-Luc Dallaire-Demers, Frank Wilhelm-Mauch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M25.00011: Transport in thin insulating films close to the Boson-Fermion Crossover J.C. Joy, X. Zhang, S.M. Hollen, C. Zhao, G. Fernandes, J.M. Xu, J.M. Valles, Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M25.00012: Tuning non-equilibrium superconductors with lasers Michael Sentef, Alexander F. Kemper, Antoine Georges, Corinna Kollath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M25.00013: Probing the charge-vortex duality near the superfluid-to-insulator transition Snir Gazit, Daniel Podolsky, Assa Auerbach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M25.00014: Theory of phase-slip-center effects on superconducting kinetic inductance Masahiko Machida, Yukihiro Ota Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M25.00015: Pairing in doped Hubbard model on a honeycomb lattice: A quantum Monte Carlo study Tianxing Ma Preview Abstract

Session M26: Nanowires: Mechanical, Electronic, Optical, and Transport Properties

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Luis Balicas, Florida State University
Room: 204A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M26.00001: Synthesis and Photoresponse of Hydrothermally Grown ZnO Nanowires Ahmed Al-Asadi, Luke Henley, Sujoy Ghosh, Abdiel Quetz, Igor Dubenko, Nihar Pradhan, Luis Balicas, Saikat Talapatra, Naushad Ali Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M26.00002: Controlling the electrical impedance of nanomechanical oscillators by electromigration Fengpei Sun, Jie Zou, Ho Bun Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M26.00003: In-situ electromechanical properties of suspended Poly-pyrrole (PPy) nanotube using metal coated AFM tip manipulations Sang Wook Lee, Hakseong Kim, Sung Ho Jhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M26.00004: GPU Accelerated Quantum Transport Modelling of Realistic Large Cross-Section Silicon Nanobeams Mohammed Harb, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M26.00005: Thermal properties of semiconductor nanowires using electromechanics John Mathew, Mandar Deshmukh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M26.00006: Optimizing electronic characteristics of SnO2 nanobelts for FET devices Timothy Keiper, Jorge Barreda, Jim P. Zheng, Peng Xiong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M26.00007: Optoelectronic Properties of Hybrid Titania Nanotubes/Hematite Nanoparticles Structures Lili Wang, Eugen Panaitescu, Latika Menon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M26.00008: Structural and electronic properties of CdS/ZnS core/shell nanowires: A first-principles study Hyo Seok Kim, Yong-Hoon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M26.00009: Surface States and Transport in Bismuth Nanowires with Strong Magnetic Field Shiang Fang, Bertrand Halperin, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M26.00010: Transport through double quantum dots in Ge/Si core/shell nanowires Azarin Zarassi, Zhaoen Su, Dharmraj K. Patil, Sergey M. Frolov, Moira Hocevar, Minh Nguyen, Jinkyoung Yoo, Shadi A. Dayeh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M26.00011: Intrinsic and extrinsic effects on electron-phonon coupling strength in individual ZnTe nanowires: The effects of laser annealing and metallic Te Jason Marmon, Tao Sheng, Haitao Zhang, Yong Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M26.00012: Single Schottky junction FETs based on Si:P nanowires with axially graded doping Jorge Barreda, Timothy Keiper, Mei Zhang, Peng Xiong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M26.00013: Fabry Perot phenomena in nanowire cavities Michelle Tomczyk, Guanglei Cheng, Shicheng Lu, Joshua Veazey, Mengchen Huang, Patrick Irvin, Hyungwoo Lee, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M26.00014: Quantized conductance through reconfigurable 1D channels Shicheng Lu, Anil Annadi, Guanglei Cheng, Michelle Tomczyk, Mengchen Huang, Hyungwoo Lee, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, Patrick Irvin, Jeremy Levy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M26.00015: Magnetoconductance signatures of subband structure in semiconductor nanowires Gregory Holloway, Chris Haapamaki, Ray LaPierre, Jonathan Baugh Preview Abstract

Session M27: Invited Session: Prize Session: Broida, Pyler, Langmuir, Phd

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 204B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M27.00001: Introduction David Chandler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 12:03PM		M27.00002: Herbert P. Broida Prize Talk: Molecular photofragmentation dynamics in the gas and condensed phase: similarities and differences Invited Speaker: Michael Ashfold Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:39PM		M27.00003: Earle K. Plyler Award: X-Ray and UV Studies of Molecular and Nano-Systems at the Atomic-Scale Resolutions of Time and Space Invited Speaker: Majed Chergui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 1:15PM		M27.00004: Irving Langmuir Prize Lecture - A predictive theory of transition metal surface catalysis Invited Speaker: Jens Norskov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:51PM		M27.00005: Electron Transport, Energy Transfer, and Optical Response in Single Molecule Junctions Invited Speaker: Alexander White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M27.00006: First Steps in Atmospheric Particle Formation: Nucleation of the Smallest Ice Snowflake Jozef Lengyel, Juraj Fedor, Jaroslav Kocisek, Viktoriya Poterya, Andriy Pysanenko, Michal Farnik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M27.00007: Probing Individual Atoms and Molecules on Pt(111) Zhu Liang Preview Abstract

Session M28: Focus Session: Spin Liquids II

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Shigeki Onoda, RIKEN
Room: 205

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M28.00001: Numerical evidence of quantum melting of spin ice: quantum-classical crossover Yasuyuki Kato, Shigeki Onoda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M28.00002: Possible algebraic spin liquid in half-filled Hubbard model at intermediate U/t Zixiang Li, Zi Yang Meng, Hong Yao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M28.00003: Confinement-deconfinement transition in the algebraic RVB states Ji-Quan Pei, Shao-Kai Jian, Hong Yao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M28.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M28.00005: Schwinger boson spin liquid states on square lattice: projective symmetry group study Xu Yang, Fa Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:51PM		M28.00006: Projective symmetry of partons in Kitaev's honeycomb model Invited Speaker: Paula Mellado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M28.00007: Chiral spin liquid and emergent anyons in a Kagome lattice Mott insulator Bela Bauer, Lukasz Cincio, Brendan P. Keller, Michele Dolfi, Guifre Vidal, Simon Trebst, Andreas W. W. Ludwig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M28.00008: Impact of non-Abelian anyons on criticality Marc Schulz, Fiona Burnell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M28.00009: Variational Monte Carlo Study of a Non-Abelian Spin-1 Spin Liquid Julia Wildeboer, N.E. Bonesteel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M28.00010: Coherent Transmutation of Electrons into Fractionalized Anyons Maissam Barkeshli, Erez Berg, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M28.00011: Chiral spin liquid in the frustrated XY model on the honeycomb lattice Invited Speaker: Tigran Sedrakyan Preview Abstract

Session M29: Focus Session: Spin-Torque Oscillators

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Igor Barsukov, University of California, Irvine
Room: 206A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M29.00001: Time domain mapping of spin torque oscillators dynamics Jieyi Zhang, Yujin Chen, Graham Rowlands, Ilya Krivorotov, Patrick Braganca, Jeff Childress, Bruce Gurney Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M29.00002: Tapered nanowire spin torque oscillator driven by spin orbit torques Liu Yang, Andrew Smith, Brian Youngblood, Zheng Duan, Ilya Krivorotov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M29.00003: Spin Torque Oscillators with Highly Spin-Polarized Heusler Alloy Takeshi Seki, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Koki Takanashi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M29.00004: Linewidth reduction in spin--torque oscillators by delayed self-injection Guru Bahadur Khalsa, Julie Grollier, Mark Stiles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M29.00005: Spin wave beam mediated synchronization of nano-contact spin torque oscillators Afshin Houshang, Ezio Iacocca, Philipp Durrenfeld, Sohrab Sani, Johan Akerman, Randy Dumas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M29.00006: Directional spin wave emission by the spin transfer torque oscillator into a nanomagnonic waveguide Vladislav Demidov, Sergej Demokritov, Sergei Urazhdin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M29.00007: Coherent magnetization oscillation induced by nonlocal spin injection Sergei Urazhdin, Andrei Zholud, Vladislav Demidov, Sergej Demokritov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M29.00008: Noise-enhanced synchronization of stochastic magnetic oscillators Julie Grollier, Alice Mizrahi, Nicolas Locatelli, Artur Accioly, Rie Matsumoto, Akio Fukushima, Hitoshi Kubota, Shinji Yuasa, Vincent Cros, Luis Gustavo Pereira, Damien Querlioz, Joo-Von Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M29.00009: Terahertz Nano-oscillator using Antiferromagnet Ran Cheng, Di Xiao, Arne Brataas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M29.00010: Nanoconstriction-based Spin Hall nanooscillator Andrei Zholud, Sergei Urazhdin, Vladislav Demidov, Sergej Demokritov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M29.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M29.00012: Polarizatoin rotation of microwaves in ferromagnets subjected to spin torque Yaroslaw Bazaliy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M29.00013: Spin-transfer torque induced spin waves in antiferromagnetic insulators Matthew Daniels, Wei Guo, G. Malcolm Stocks, Di Xiao, Jiang Xiao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M29.00014: Spin dynamics in patterned nanometer-thick yttrium iron garnet films Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch, Wei Zhang, Wanjun Jiang, Stephen M. Wu, John E. Pearson, Anand Bhattacharya, Axel Hoffmann, Joseph Sklenar, John B. Ketterson, Houchen Chang, Mingzhong Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M29.00015: Probing excitations in insulators by injecting spin currents Shubhayu Chatterjee, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract

Session M30: Focus Session: Magnetism in Carbon and Nanoclusters

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Enrique Cobas, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 206B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M30.00001: Synthesis of graphene like graphite sheets and its ferromagnetism Rakesh Chaudhary, "Max" Qinhong Hu, Ali R. Koymen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M30.00002: Edge Magnetism in Graphene Nanoflakes Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Mukul Kabir Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M30.00003: Determination of superexchange correlations in magnetically substituted graphene C.B. Crook, C. Constantin, T. Ahmed, J.-X. Zhu, A.V. Balatsky, J.T. Haraldsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M30.00004: ABSTRACT MOVED TO V1.00139 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M30.00005: Magnetic Interaction Study on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes filled with Core/Shell Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticles K. Stojak Repa, D. Israel, H. Khurshid, J. Alonso, M.H. Phan, H. Srikanth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M30.00006: Synthesis and properties of ferromagnetic nanostructures embedded within a high-quality crystalline silicon matrix Girish Malladi, Mengbing Huang, Thomas Murray, Steven Novak, Akitomo Matsubayashi, Vincent LaBella, Hassaram Bakhru Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M30.00007: Helical spin order in Fe nanoislands Soo-hyon Phark, Kohji Nakamura, Jaison Fischer, Marco Corbetta, Safia Ouazi, Dirk Sander, Juergen Kirschner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M30.00008: Unconventional top down synthesis of FeNi core and C shell magnetic nanoparticles Rakesh Chaudhary, Ali R. Koymen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M30.00009: Facile Synthesis of L10 FePt/Reduced-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites Xiaocao Hu, Vasilis Tzitzios, David Sellmyer, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M30.00010: Ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition in the Fe$_{1/3}$(Ta$_{1-x}$Nb$_{x}$)S$_{2}$ layered dichalcogenides Chih-Wei Chen, Jesse Adams, Will Hardy, Douglas Natelson, Emilia Morosan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M30.00011: Influence of interparticle interactions on the blocking temperature and high frequency permeability of Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticle systems Md Ehsan Sadat, David B. Mast, Donglu Shi, Sergey L. Bud'ko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M30.00012: Novel magnetic and electric properties of small pure gold clusters Lei Ma, Ramiro Moro, Baiqian Zhang, John Indergaard, Ilia Larkin, Hannu H\"akkinen, Markus Kindermann, Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M30.00013: Effect of confinement on spin polarization and magnetism of Co$_{2}$Si nanoclusters David Sellmyer, Balamurugan Balasubramanian, Priyanka Manchanda, Ralph Skomski, Pinaki Mukherjee, Bhaskar Das, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M30.00014: Magnetic properties of ternary and quaternary transition metal nanoclusters Jaime Souto Casares, James Chelikowsky Preview Abstract

Session M31: Focus Session: Ladders, Layers, and Dimers

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Jonathan Friedman, Amherst College
Room: 207A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M31.00001: Heat transport in the frustrated spin-ladder compound, BiCu$_2$PO$_6$ Narayan Prasai, Alwyn Rebello, Joshua L. Cohn, Sueli H. Masunaga, John J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M31.00002: Evolution of magnetic excitations in BiCu$_{2}$PO$_{6}$ observed via magnetic suppression of phonon heat conduction Byung-Gu Jeon, B. Koteswararao, C.B. Park, Kee Hoon Kim, G.J. Shu, F.C. Chou, S.C. Riggs, S.B. Chung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M31.00003: Stepwise orderings in anisotropically coupled spin ladders Shunsuke Furuya, Thierry Giamarchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M31.00004: Temporal correlations in tunable Luttinger spin liquids Invited Speaker: Andrey Zheludev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M31.00005: An extremely well-isolated 2D antiferromagnet Christopher Landee, Nizar Naitlho, M.M. Turnbull Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M31.00006: Dynamics of a quasi-2D S=1/2 spin-dimer Heisenberg antiferromagnet under hydrostatic pressure Gerard Perren, Johannes Moeller, Dan Huevonen, Andrey Podlesnyak, Andrey Zheludev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M31.00007: Magnetic phase diagram of the spatially anisotropic spin-$1/2$ zigzag ladder Mohammad Soltanieh-Ha, Adrian Feiguin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M31.00008: Symmetry protected topological states in antiferromagnets with magnetic field Shintaro Takayoshi, Keisuke Totsuka, Akihiro Tanaka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M31.00009: Detailed analysis of critical points in coupled spin dimer systems Dominik Strassel, Peter Kopietz, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M31.00010: Magnetization Plateaux in a frustrated spin ladder Takanori Sugimoto, Michiyasu Mori, Takami Tohyama, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M31.00011: Fractional excitations in the square-lattice quantum antiferromagnet H.M. R\O{}nnow, M. Mourigal, B. Dalla Piazza, N.B. Christensen, G.J. Nilsen, T.G. Perring, M. Enderle, D.F. McMorrow, D.A. Ivanov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M31.00012: Generalization of Magnetic Dimer Excitations G. Houchins, J.T. Haraldsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M31.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session M32: Focus Session: Multiferroics II and Other 3d Transition Metal Oxides

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Manfred Fiebig, ETH Zuerich
Room: 207B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M32.00001: Imaging and characterization of conducting ferroelectric domain walls by photoemission electron microscopy Jakob Schaab, Ingo Krug, Zewu Yan, Edith Bourret, Claus Schneider, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Dennis Meier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M32.00002: Magnetochiral dichroism resonant with electromagnons in a chiral-lattice magnet Cu$_{2}$OSeO$_{3}$ Yoshihiro Okamura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Shinichiro Seki, Masashi Kubota, Masashi Kawasaki, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M32.00003: Giant thermal Hall effect in polar magnets (Zn,Fe)$_{2}$Mo$_{3}$O$_{8}$ Toshiya Ideue, Takashi Kurumaji, Hosho Katsura, Shintaro Ishiwata, Naoto Nagaosa, Yoshinori Tokura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M32.00004: Magnetoelectricty in antiferromagnetic Ni$_3$TeO$_6$ with chiral and polar lattice Jaewook Kim, X. Wang, F.-T. Huang, S. Artyukhin, J. Yang, Y. Oh, D. Vanderbilt, S.-W. Cheong, E. D. Mun, M. Jaime, N. Harrison, A. Hansen, V. Zapf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M32.00005: Electric Control of the Local Magnetic Moment in Multiferroic Compound Ba2CoGe2O7 Takatsugu Masuda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M32.00006: Co-existence of {\it ac} and {\it bc}-cycloidal phases, giant magnetocapacitance and polarization in the multiferroic R$_{0.5}$Dy$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$ (R = Eu and Gd) Sundaresan Athinarayanan, Chandan De Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M32.00007: Determination of the Mott-Hubbard gap in GdTiO3 Lars Bjaalie, Amit Verma, Burak Himmetoglu, Anderson Janotti, Santosh Raghavan, Vladimir Protasenko, Elizabeth Steenbergen, Debdeep Jena, Susanne Stemmer, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M32.00008: Carrier Mediated Ferromagnetism in Fe-doped SrTiO$_{3}$ Chun-Lan Ma, Rocio Contreras-Guerrero, Ravi Droopad, Byounghak Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M32.00009: Spin waves and phonons in a paraelectric antiferromagnet EuTiO3 Huibo Cao, Jiawang Hong, Olivier Delaire, Steven Hahn, Georg Ehlers, Songxue Chi, Vasile Garlea, Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Bryan Chakoumakos, Jiaqiang Yan, Brian Sales Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M32.00010: Changes in magnetic properties of cobalt-iron-titanium oxide due to temperature variations Cajetan Nlebedim, David Jiles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M32.00011: The impact of small polarons on the properties of rare-earth titanates Chris Van de Walle, Lars Bjaalie, Burak Himmetoglu, Anderson Janotti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M32.00012: Twofold spin reorientation and field induced incomplete phase transition in single crystal Dy$_{0.5}$Pr$_{0.5}$FeO$_{3}$ Shixun Cao, Wei Ren, Xiaoling Qin, Baojuan Kang, Jincang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M32.00013: A-site magnetic ordering in quadruple perovskite oxides Masayuki Toyoda, Kunihiko Yamauchi, Tamio Oguchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M32.00014: Looking for multiferroics through oxygen deficiency in SrTi$_{1-x}$(Fe$_{x}$,Co$_{x}$)O$_{3-\delta}$ Juan Manuel Florez, Mehmet Cengiz Onbasli, Dong Hun Kim, Shyue Ping Ong, Gerbrand Ceder, Patricio Vargas, Caroline A. Ross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M32.00015: Electronic structure of Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ revealed by RIXS Hsiao-Yu Huang, Ru-Pan Wang, Wen-Bin Wu, Chia-Hung Lai, Hok-Sum Fung, Chien-Te Chen, Jianshi Zhou, Frank de Groot, Di-Jing Huang Preview Abstract

Session M33: Metal Physics: Thermodynamics ,Transport ,Optical Properties, Electronic Structure, etc.

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Markus Eisenbach, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 208

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M33.00001: Chemical Physics and Properties of ThPt$_2$ Andreas Leithe-Jasper, Roman Gumeniuk, Walter Schnelle, Michael Nicklas, Yuri Grin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M33.00002: Entropy changes and caloric effects in $RAl_{2}$ single crystals Nilson Antunes de Oliveira, Julieth Caro Pati\~no, Pedro J. von Ranke Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M33.00003: First-principles molecular dynamics simulations of high-concentration deuterium implantation in liquid lithium Mohan Chen, Tyler Abrams, Michael Jaworski, Emily Carter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M33.00004: Spin-phonon interactions to control the thermal transport in uranium dioxide K. Gofryk, S. Du, C.R. Stanek, J.C. Lashley, X.-Y. Liu, R.K. Schulze, J.L. Smith, D.J. Safarik, D.D. Byler, K.J. McClellan, B.P Uberuaga, B.L. Scott, D.A. Andersson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M33.00005: Simulating Order Parameters for Phase Transitions in Alloys Richard R. Vanfleet, Conrad W. Rosenbrock, Gus L.W. Hart, Branton J. Campbell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M33.00006: Concentration Waves in High-Entropy Alloys - a new alloy design approach Prashant Singh, Duane D. Johnson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M33.00007: Magnetic Landau free energy density for the bcc-hcp phase transformation Mahdi Sanati, Robert C. Albers, Turab Lookman, Avadh Saxena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M33.00008: Vibrational entropy changes the solid solubility of a random alloy at high temperatures Nina Shulumba, Olle Hellman, Zamaan Raza, Jenifer Barrirero, Frank M\"{u}cklich, Igor A. Abrikosov, Magnus Od\'{e}n Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M33.00009: Chiral magnetic effect and SdH oscillations in Dirac and Weyl metals Dmitri Kharzeev, Gustavo Monteiro, Alexander Abanov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M33.00010: Excited-state electron-dynamics probed by A1g phonons in Bi, Sb, and Bi2Te3 Crystal Bray, Eamonn Murray, Stephen Fahy, David Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M33.00011: Hydrodynamics of Dirac and Weyl materials Gustavo Monteiro, Alexander Abanov, V. Parameswaran Nair Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M33.00012: Electronic properties and electron-phonon interaction in complex, multicomponent alloys in application to high-entropy alloys German Samolyuk, Markus Daene, George Malcolm Stocks, Jose Alfredo Caro, Roger Stoller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M33.00013: Effect of dopants in Cu single grain boundaries Mathieu Cesar, Daniel Gall, Hong Guo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M33.00014: Microscopic derivation of Ginzburg-Landau theory of weak crystallization Ivar Martin, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Eugene Demler Preview Abstract

Session M35: Casimir Effect and Dispersive Interactions

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Justin Wilson, University of Maryland
Room: 210B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M35.00001: The repulsive Casimir effect in Weyl semimetals Justin Wilson, Andrew Allocca, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M35.00002: Weak localization as a definitive test of diffusive models in the Casimir effect Andrew Allocca, Justin Wilson, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M35.00003: Is it plasma or Drude? Experimental answer using rotating engineered samples Ricardo Decca Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M35.00004: Casimir effect and radiative heat transfer between Chern Insulators Pablo Rodriguez Lopez, Adolfo Grushin, Wang-Kong Tse, Diego Dalvit Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M35.00005: Conformal field theory of critical Casimir forces Thorsten Emig, Giuseppe Bimonte, Mehran Kardar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M35.00006: Efficient near-field energy transfer and relieved Casimir stiction between sub-wavelength gratings Xianglei Liu, Bo Zhao, Zhuomin Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M35.00007: Possibilities of Verifying Dynamical Casimir Effect with Nonlinear Materials in Microwave Cavities Viktor Dodonov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M35.00008: Electrostatic patch potentials in Casimir force measurements Joseph Garrett, David Somers, Jeremy Munday Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M35.00009: Tunable Casimir-Polder Forces and Spontaneous Emission Rates Felipe Rosa, Wilton Kort-Kamp, Felipe Pinheiro, Tarik Cysne, Diego Oliver, Carlos Farina Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M35.00010: Suppression of chaos assisted stiction in Casimir oscillators due to surface roughness Wijnand Broer, George Palasantzas, Jasper Knoester, Holger Waalkens, Vitaly B. Svetovoy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M35.00011: Influence of dissipation on two-atom dispersion interactions Pablo Barcellona, Stefan Yoshi Buhmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M35.00012: Giant vacuum forces via transmission lines Ephraim Shahmoon, Igor Mazets, Gershon Kurizki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M35.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M35.00014: Negative Casimir Entropies in Nanoparticle Interactions Kimball Milton, Romain Guerout, Gert-Ludwig Ingold, Astrid Lambrecht, Serge Reynaud Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		M35.00015: Probing the Casimir force with optical tweezers Paulo Maia Neto, DIney Ether, Luis Pires, Yareni Ayala, Felipe Rosa, Stefan Umrath, Gert Ingold, Nathan Viana, Moyses Nussenzveig Preview Abstract

Session M36: Interacting Fermi Gases II

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Joseph Thywissen, University of Toronto
Room: 211

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M36.00001: Superfluidity in Strongly Interacting Spin-Polarized Fermi Gases Ben A. Olsen, Melissa Revelle, Jacob A. Fry, Randall G. Hulet, Daniel E. Sheehy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M36.00002: Equation of State of One-Dimensional Fermions in Harmonic Traps Casey Berger, Eric Anderson, Joaquin Drut Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M36.00003: Strongly interacting fermions in 1D Li Yang, Liming Guan, Han Pu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M36.00004: 1D-3D Crossover in a Spin-Imbalanced Fermi Gas Melissa Revelle, Ben A. Olsen, Jacob Fry, Randall G. Hulet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M36.00005: Stability of Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states in ultracold atomic Fermi gases Jibiao Wang, Qijin Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M36.00006: Strong-coupling ansatz for the one-dimensional Fermi gas in a harmonic potential Meera Parish, Jesper Levinsen, Pietro Massignan, Georg Bruun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M36.00007: Two-dimensional harmonically trapped fermionic atomic gases Daniel E. Sheehy, Qin-Qin Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M36.00008: Pseudogap phenomenon near the phase transition from $p_x$- to $p_x+ip_y$-wave Fermi superfluid Daisuke Inotani, Yoji Ohashi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M36.00009: Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation of one dimensional SU(N) Fermion system Shenglong Xu, Congjun Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M36.00010: Stoner ferromagnetism of a strongly interacting Fermi gas in the quasirepulsive regime Lianyi He, Xia-Ji Liu, Xu-Guang Huang, Joseph Carlson, Hui Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M36.00011: Three-Component Fermi Gases in Two Dimensions Thomas Kirk, Meera Parish Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M36.00012: Spin susceptibility and effects of fluctuating Cooper pairs in the BCS-BEC crossover regime of a superfluid Fermi gas Hiroyuki Tajima, Ryo Hanai, Yoji Ohashi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M36.00013: Exact Ground-state Properties of Atomic Fermi Gases in Two Dimensions Hao Shi, Simone Chiesa, Shiwei Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M36.00014: Absence of spin order in a two-dimensional orbital optical lattice Zhenyu Zhou, Vincent Liu, Erhai Zhao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M36.00015: Intrinsic p-wave pair amplitude in a trapped ultracold s-wave superfluid Fermi gas Yuki Endo, Daisuke Inotani, Ryo Hanai, Yoji Ohashi Preview Abstract

Session M37: Focus Session: Quantum Optics and Photonic Architectures

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Alexey Gorshkov, Joint Quantum Institute
Room: 212A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M37.00001: Demonstration of Backward-wave Parametric Down-Conversion Chih-Sung Chuu, Chun-Yao Yang, Jim Lin, Charlotte Liljestrand, Carlota Canalias, Stephen Harris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M37.00002: Nanomechanical single-qubit gates and iSWAP gate of single-electron spins in a carbon nanotube Heng Wang, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M37.00003: Nanophotonic photon echo memory based on rare-earth-doped crystals Tian Zhong, Jonathan Kindem, Evan Miyazono, Andrei Faraon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M37.00004: Photons in synthetic gauge fields Invited Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M37.00005: Harnessing gauge fields for maximally entangled state generation Sebastian Reyes, Luis Morales-Molina, Miguel Orszag, Dominique Spehner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M37.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		M37.00007: What does it mean for half of an empty cavity to be full? Eric Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M37.00008: Protocols for a quantum network based on single photons Susanne Blum, Christopher O'Brien, Daniel Reich, Nikolai Lauk, Christiane Koch, Michael Fleischhauer, Giovanna Morigi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M37.00009: QNIX: A Linear Optical Architecture for Quantum Computing Mercedes Gimeno-Segovia, Peter J. Shadbolt, Terry G. Rudolph, Dan E. Browne, Gabriel Mendoza, Nicholas J. Russell, Joshua W. Silverstone, Alberto Santamato, Jacques Carolan, Jeremy O'Brien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M37.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M37.00011: Reshaping quantum wave packets through time-dependent absorption Arseni Goussev Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M37.00012: Correlated random walks induced by dynamical wavefunction collapse Daniel Bedingham Preview Abstract

Session M38: Focus Session: Quantum Foundations and Technologies II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Stephanie Wehner, TU Delft
Room: 212B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M38.00001: Contextuality: a benchmark for ``quantumness'' in theory and experiment Invited Speaker: Matthew Pusey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M38.00002: Ordering relations for quantum states Ian Durham Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M38.00003: Advances in weak-values based metrology Andrew Jordan, Gerardo Viza, Juli\'an Mart\'Inez-Rinc\'on, Gabriel Alves, John Howell, Paul Kwiat Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M38.00004: On the efficacy of weak measurements for tomography Jonathan A. Gross, Christopher Ferrie, Ninnat Dangniam, Carlton M. Caves Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M38.00005: Many Worlds, the Born Rule, and Self-Locating Uncertainty Invited Speaker: Sean Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M38.00006: Quantum phenomena modelled by interactions between many classical worlds Howard Wiseman, Michael Hall, Dirk-Andre Deckert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M38.00007: Does protective measurement imply the reality of the quantum state? Matthew Leifer, Joshua Combes, Chris Ferrie, Matthew Pusey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M38.00008: Most likely paths for quantum trajectories: multiple solutions and generalization to two-qubit case Areeya Chantasri, Andrew Jordan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M38.00009: Microscopic derivation of open quantum Brownian motion Francesco Petruccione, Ilya Sinayskiy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M38.00010: Entanglement-assisted weak measurement Shengshi Pang, Justin Dressel, Todd A. Brun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M38.00011: Pricing postselection: the cost of indecision in state discrimination Joshua Combes, Christopher Ferrie Preview Abstract

Session M39: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Hybrid Systems

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Room: 213AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M39.00001: Towards hybrid quantum devices combining superconducting qubits to a spin-ensemble multi-qubit register Invited Speaker: Cecile Grezes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M39.00002: Exploring the Physics of Semiconductor Quantum Dots using Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Anna Stockklauser, Ville Maisi, Thomas Ihn, Klaus Ensslin, Andreas Wallraff Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M39.00003: Improving the coherence time of a quantum system via a coupling with an unstable system Yuichiro Matsuzaki, Xiaobo Zhu, Kosuke Kakuyanagi, Hiraku Toida, Takaaki Shimo-Oka, Norikazu Mizuochi, Kae Nemoto, Kouichi Semba, William Munro, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Shiro Saito Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M39.00004: Spin-qubit inspired architectures for superconducting quantum computing Yun-Pil Shim, Charles Tahan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M39.00005: Superconducting qubits with semiconductor nanowire Josephson junctions K.D. Petersson, T.W. Larsen, F. Kuemmeth, T.S. Jespersen, P. Krogstrup, J. Nyg\aa rd, C.M. Marcus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M39.00006: Coherent control of a transmon qubit with a nanowire-based Josephson junction T.W. Larsen, K.D. Petersson, F. Kuemmeth, T.S. Jespersen, P. Krogstrup, J. Nyg\aa rd, C.M. Marcus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M39.00007: Fermion parity measurement and control in Majorana circuit quantum electrodynamics Eran Ginossar, Konstantin Yavilberg, Eytan Grosfeld Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M39.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M39.00009: Photon-assisted tunnelling with nonclassical microwaves in hybrid circuit QED systems Jean-Ren\'e Souquet, Matthew Woolley, Julien Gabelli, Pascal Simon, Aashish Clerk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M39.00010: Novel quantum electro-optic transducer for quantum information processing using superconducting 3D qubits H. Paik, L. S. Bishop, D. T. McClure, S. Filipp, J. M. Gambetta, C. B. Lirakis, C. A. Ryan, J. Schlafer, M. P. da Silva, M. Soltani, M. Patel, Z. Dutton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M39.00011: Manipulation of non-classical microwave states using parametric interactions Manuel Castellanos-Beltran, Michael DeFeo, Adam Sirois, Leonardo Ranzani, Raymond Simmonds, John Teufel, Jose Aumentado Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M39.00012: Fast control and Floquet state dynamics of a strongly driven superconducting qubit Chunqing Deng, Feiruo Shen, Jean-Luc Orgiazzi, Sahel Ashhab, Adrian lupascu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M39.00013: Probing an ensemble of superconducting devices Adam Sears, David Hover, Theodore Gudmundsen, Jonilyn L. Yoder, Archana Kamal, Fei Yan, Simon Gustavsson, Andrew Kerman, William Oliver Preview Abstract

Session M41: Microwave Quantum Optics & Circuit QED

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Evan Jeffrey, Google Inc, Santa Barbara
Room: 214A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M41.00001: Driving with squeezed vacuum in strong dispersive circuit-QED Matthew Elliott, Eran Ginossar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M41.00002: Measurement of ac Stark shift in a superconducting qubit under strong Rabi drive Yonuk Chong, Dong-Gwang Ha, Jung Hwan Park, Woon Song, Gwan Yeol Park, Soon Gul Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M41.00003: Observation of Dark State in a Three-dimensional Transmon Superconducting Qutrit Yuhao Liu, Xinsheng Tan, Dong Lan, Peng Zhao, Jie Zhao, Mengmeng Li, Shudong Huang, Haifeng Yu, Shiliang Zhu, Yang Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M41.00004: Resonance Fluorescence and Photon Correlations Produced by 1-10 Qubits in 1D Infinite or Semi-Infinite Waveguides Yao-Lung L. Fang, Harold Baranger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M41.00005: Electromagnetically induced transparency and coherent population trapping with a superconducting artificial atom Sergey Novikov, Timothy M. Sweeney, J.E. Robinson, Baladitya Suri, F.C. Wellstood, B.S. Palmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M41.00006: Electromagnetically Induced Superluminal Light in a 3D Transmon Device Timothy M. Sweeney, Sergey Novikov, Baladitya Suri, Shavindra Premarante, Jen-Hao Yeh, F.C. Wellstood, B.S. Palmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M41.00007: A superconducting qubit coupled to propagating acoustic waves Martin V. Gustafsson, Thomas Aref, Anton Frisk Kockum, Maria K. Ekstr\"{o}m, G\"{o}ran Johansson, Per Delsing Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M41.00008: Strong qubit-photon interactions in a superconducting 1D open space Pol Forn-Diaz, Jean-Luc Orgiazzi, Martin Otto, Ali Yurtalan, Borja Peropadre, Juan-Jose Garcia-Ripoll, Christopher Wilson, Adrian Lupascu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M41.00009: Flux qubit ultrastrongly coupled to two resonators A. Baust, E. Hoffmann, M. Haeberlein, M.J. Schwarz, P. Eder, J. Goetz, F. Wulschner, E. Xie, L. Zhong, K. Fedorov, E.P. Menzel, F. Deppe, A. Marx, R. Gross Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M41.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M41.00011: Circuit QED Photonics David Zueco, Eduardo S\'anchez-Burillo, Juanjo Garc\'Ia-Ripoll, Luis Mart\'In-Moreno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M41.00012: Light-matter decoupling and $A^2$ term detection in superconducting circuits Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll, Borja Peropadre, Simone De Liberato Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M41.00013: Beyond strong coupling in a massively multimode cavity Neereja Sundaresan, Yanbing Liu, Darius Sadri, Laszlo Szocs, Devin Underwood, Moein Malekakhlagh, Hakan Tureci, Andrew Houck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M41.00014: Multi-frequency modes in superconducting resonators: Bridging frequency gaps in off-resonant couplings Christian Kraglund Andersen, Klaus M{\O}lmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M41.00015: Amplitude Bistability in the Multimode Regime of Circuit-QED Moein Malekakhlagh, Neereja Sundaresan, Yanbing Liu, Darius Sadri, Andrew Houck, Hakan Tureci Preview Abstract

Session M43: Focus Session: Industry Day: Applied Polymer Physics in Advanced Manufacturing

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY FIAP
Chair: Brent Neal, Milliken & Company
Room: 214C

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M43.00001: Detection of pharmaceutical crystals in polymer particles by transmission electron microscopy Ralm Ricarte, Marc Hillmyer, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M43.00002: Colloidal Aggregate Structure under Shear by USANS Tirtha Chatterjee, Antony K. Van Dyk, Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Alan I. Nakatani Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M43.00003: Parameterization and Adsorption Study of Hydrophobic Ethoxylated Urethane (HEUR) using Coarse-Grained MD Simulations with Implicit Water Shihu Wang, Ronald G. Larson, Valeriy V. Ginzburg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M43.00004: Modeling the Adsorption of Hydrophobic Ethoxylated Urethane (HEUR) Thickeners onto Latex Surfaces using Self-Consistent Field Theory Valeriy Ginzburg, Antony Van Dyk, Tirtha Chatterjee, Shihu Wang, Ronald Larson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M43.00005: Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Electrical Double Zifeng Li, Scott Milner, Kristen Fichthorn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M43.00006: Interdiffusion of Polycarbonate in Fused Deposition Modeling Welds Jonathan Seppala, Aaron Forster, Sushil Satija, Ronald Jones, Kalman Migler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M43.00007: Elasticity and Extensibility Determine Printability and Spinnability of Polymer Solutions Jelena Dinic, Leidy Nallely Jimenez, Vicky Mei, Yiran Zhang, Vivek Sharma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M43.00008: Controlling Fiber Morphology in Simultaneous Centrifugal Spinning and Photopolymerization Yichen Fang, Austin Dulaney, Christopher Ellison Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M43.00009: Engineering the Crystalline Morphology of Polymer Thin Films at a Molecular Level via Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation Hyuncheol Jeong, Craig Arnold, Rodney Priestley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M43.00010: Coupling frontal photopolymerization and surface instabilities for a novel 3D patterning technology Alessandra Vitale, Matthew Hennessy, Omar Matar, Jack Douglas, Jo\~ao Cabral Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M43.00011: Improving information density in ferroelectric polymer films by using nanoimprinted gratings Daniel E. Mart\'Inez-Tong, Michela Soccio, Daniel R. Rueda, Aurora Nogales, Mari Cruz Garc\'Ia-Guti\'errez, Tiberio A. Ezquerra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M43.00012: Liquid filament instability due to stretch-induced phase separation in polymer solutions Arkadii Arinstein, Valery Kulichikhin, Alexander Malkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M43.00013: 3D Printing of Personalized Organs and Tissues. Invited Speaker: Kaiming Ye Preview Abstract

Session M44: Focus Session: Systems Far from Equiibrium III

Sponsoring Units: GSNP
Chair: Cynthia Olson Reichardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: 214D

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M44.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M44.00002: Total cost of operating an information engine Jaegon Um, Haye Hinrichsen, Chulan Kwon, Hyunggyu Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M44.00003: Simulation of an epidemic model with vector transmission Adriana G. Dickman, Ronald Dickman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M44.00004: Equilibrium behavior of coarse-grained chaos David A. Egolf, Christopher C. Ballard, C. Clark Esty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M44.00005: How to detect many body localization in experiments Rahul Nandkishore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M44.00006: Kinetics of Brownian Maxima Eli Ben-Naim, Paul Krapivsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M44.00007: Attaining local temperatures close to absolute zero in a nonequilibrium quantum system Abhay Shastry, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M44.00008: Local temperature of an interacting quantum system far from equilibrium Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M44.00009: Thermodynamics of Maximum Transition Entropy for Quantum Assemblies David Rogers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M44.00010: Entropy Production in Isolated Quantum Many-Body Systems Edgardo Solano Carrillo, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M44.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M44.00012: Spin Noise Spectroscopy Beyond Thermal Equilibrium and Linear Response Nikolai Sinitsyn, Philipp Glasenapp, Dibyendu Roy, D.G. Rickel, Alex Greilich, M. Bayer, Luyi Yang, Scott Crooker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M44.00013: Finite N corrections to Vlasov dynamics and the range of pair interactions Andrea Gabrielli, Michael Joyce, Jules Morand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M44.00014: Molecular dynamics study on a nonequilibrium motion of a colloidal particle driven by an external torque Donghwan Yoo, Youngkyun Jung, Chulan Kwon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M44.00015: Transient Orthogonality Catastrophe in a Time Dependent Nonequilibrium Environment Marco Schiro, Aditi Mitra Preview Abstract

Session M45: Focus Session: Emerging Topics in Network Synchronization: Patterns, Stability, and Transitions

Chair: Takashi Nishikawa, Northwestern University
Room: 216AB

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M45.00001: Symmetries, Cluster Synchronization, and Isolated Desynchronization in Complex Networks Invited Speaker: Louis Pecora Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M45.00002: Chimera states: limits and open questions Daniel Abrams, Mark Panaggio Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M45.00003: Cluster dynamics of pulse coupled oscillators Kevin O'Keeffe, Steven Strogatz, Paul Krapivsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M45.00004: Driven Synchronization in Random Networks of Oscillators Jason Hindes, Christopher R. Myers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M45.00005: Mode-Locking Behavior of Izhikevich Neuron Under Periodic External Forcing AmirAli Farokhniaee, Edward Large Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M45.00006: Synchronization On Hanoi Networks Shanshan Li, Stefan Boettcher Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M45.00007: Synchronization in growing populations of coupled oscillators and excitable elements Wen Yu, Kevin Wood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M45.00008: A Simple Kuramoto-like Circuit Zhuwei Zeng, David Mertens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M45.00009: A rule for coarse graining phase oscillator models David Mertens Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M45.00010: Phase patterns in finite oscillator networks with insights from the piecewise linear approximation Daniel Goldstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M45.00011: Improving the Network Structure can lead to Functional Failures Tiago Pereira, Philipp Pade Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M45.00012: Observability and Controllability of Nonlinear Networks: The Role of Symmetry Steven Schiff, Andrew Whalen, Sean Brennan, Timothy Sauer Preview Abstract

Session M46: Invited Session: Physics for Everyone

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
Room: 217A

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M46.00001: Soft Electronics for the Human Body Invited Speaker: John Rogers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M46.00002: The Physics of Food Invited Speaker: David Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M46.00003: Picasso at the Nanoscale: The Art of Using Cutting-Edge Science to Understand Cultural Heritage Invited Speaker: Volker Rose Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M46.00004: A molecular compass for bird navigation Invited Speaker: Peter Hore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M46.00005: The Physics of Data: Can your degree in condensed matter theory get you a job at Google? Invited Speaker: Jeff M. Byers Preview Abstract

Session M47: Invited Session: Insights into Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Matrials from Computational Methods

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP DCMP
Chair: Gabriel Kotliar, Rutgers University
Room: 217B

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M47.00001: Computing the properties of ferroelectrics and magnetoelectrics in applied electric fields Invited Speaker: David Vanderbilt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M47.00002: The quantum nature of skyrmions and half-skyrmions in Cu2OSeO3 Invited Speaker: Jeroen van den Brink Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M47.00003: Electric polarization of Sr$_{0.5}$Ba$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$: a multiferroic Mott insulator Invited Speaker: Reza Nourafkan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M47.00004: Mott Multiferroics and Ferroelectric Metals from Dynamical Mean-Field Theory combined with Density-Functional Theory Invited Speaker: Massimo Capone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M47.00005: Electric field effects in transition metal oxides, their surfaces and heterostructures Invited Speaker: Karsten Held Preview Abstract

Session M49: Liquid Crystals I: Chromonics, Discotics, Polymers and Functional Uses

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT
Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University
Room: 217D

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:27AM		M49.00001: Double helix configuration of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals in cylindrical capillaries with homeotropic anchoring Rui Chang, Karthik Nayani, Jinxin Fu, Elsa Reichmanis, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:27AM - 11:39AM		M49.00002: Director distortion reduces molecular order of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal on large scales Shuang Zhou, Sergij Shiyanovskii, Oleg Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:39AM - 11:51AM		M49.00003: Observation of large nematic domains of discotic liquid crystals Abhijeet Shinde, Xuezhen Wang, Zhengdong Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:03PM		M49.00004: Nucleation and Growth of Discotic Liquid Crystals Zhengdong Cheng, Xuezhen Wang, Lecheng Zhang, Abhijeet Shinde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:03PM - 12:15PM		M49.00005: Reconstruction of the surface of freely suspended films of heptyloxybenzylidene heptylaniline Daniel Martinez Zambrano, Jeffrey Collett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:15PM - 12:27PM		M49.00006: Tension and Rupture Dynamics of Freely-Suspended Bent-Core Liquid Crystalline Fibers Oliver Kress, Seyyed Muhammad Salili, Tanya Ostapenko, Christopher Bailey, Alexey Eremin, Ralf Stannarius, Antal J\'akli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 12:39PM		M49.00007: Dynamics of Stable and Metastable Structures of Liquid Crystal and Lipid Systems at Interfaces Lawrence Honaker, Piotr Popov, Elizabeth Mann, Edgar Kooijman, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:39PM - 12:51PM		M49.00008: Self-assembly of DNA origami particles in suspension of non-absorbing depleting polymers Mahsa Siavashpouri, Mark Zakhary, Christian Wachauf, Hendrik Dietz, Zvonimir Dogic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:51PM - 1:03PM		M49.00009: Dynamic Theory for Polydomain Structures in Liquid-Crystal Elastomers Ayhan Duzgun, Jonathan Selinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:15PM		M49.00010: Novel confinement of liquid crystals in Janus droplets Wei-Shao Wei, Joonwoo Jeong, Peter J. Collings, Tom C. Lubensky, A. G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:15PM - 1:27PM		M49.00011: Microlenses of smectic flowers Francesca Serra, Mohamed-Amine Gharbi, Iris B. Liu, Yimin Luo, Nathan D. Bade, Randall D. Kamien, Shu Yang, Kathleen J. Stebe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:27PM - 1:39PM		M49.00012: Phototropic liquid crystal materials containing naphthopyran dopants Mariacristina Rumi, Seth Cazzell, Tamas Kosa, Ludmila Sukhomlinova, Bahman Taheri, Timothy Bunning, Timothy White Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 1:51PM		M49.00013: A Simple Method For The Determination of High-Accuracy Refractive Indices of Liquid Crystals via High-Resolution Birefringence Data Senay Ustunel, Erlin Kutlu, Mehmet Can Cetinkaya, Haluk Ozbek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:51PM - 2:03PM		M49.00014: Liquid Crystal Based Sensor to Detect Beta-Sheet Formation of Peptides Monirosadat Sadati, Aslin Izmitli Apik, Nicholas L. Abbott, Juan J. de Pablo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 2:03PM - 2:15PM		M49.00015: Liquid Crystalline Compositions as Gas Sensors Petr Shibaev, John Murray, Anthony Tantillo, Madison Wenzlick, Jordan Howard-Jennings Preview Abstract

Session M51: Invited Session: Topological Superconductivity in Ferromagnetic Metal Chains

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
Room: Grand Ballroom C1

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M51.00001: Topological Superconductivity with Magnetic Atoms Invited Speaker: Leonid Glazman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M51.00002: Observation of Majorana fermions in ferromagnetic atomic chains on a superconductor Invited Speaker: Stevan Nadj-Perge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M51.00003: Theory of Topological Superconductivity in Ferromagnetic Metal Chains on Superconducting Substrates Invited Speaker: Hua Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M51.00004: Experimental progress on Majoranas in semiconductors Invited Speaker: Leo Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M51.00005: Fermionic and Majorana Bound States in Hybrid Nanowires With Rashba and Synthetic Spin-Orbit Interactions Invited Speaker: Jelena Klinovaja Preview Abstract

Session M52: Invited Session: Entanglement in Condensed Matter Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Joel Moore, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Grand Ballroom C2

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M52.00001: Entanglement Hamiltonians in Fermion Systems and the Riemann-Hilbert problem Invited Speaker: Israel Klich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M52.00002: Entanglement Scaling Laws and Eigenstate Thermalization in Many-Particle Systems Invited Speaker: Kun Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M52.00003: Entanglement and Stability of Quantum Matter: from Spin-liquids to Many Body Localization Invited Speaker: Tarun Grover Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M52.00004: Einstein's Equations From Entanglement Invited Speaker: Brian Swingle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M52.00005: Quantum Entanglement and the Topological Order of Fractional Hall States Invited Speaker: Edward Rezayi Preview Abstract

Session M53: Invited Session: Iridium-Based Kitaev Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG
Chair: Leon Balents, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics
Room: Grand Ballroom C3

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:15AM - 11:51AM		M53.00001: Importance of anisotropic exchange interactions in honeycomb iridates. New phenomena due to Kitaev interactions. Invited Speaker: Natalia Perkins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 11:51AM - 12:27PM		M53.00002: Magnetic and Orbital Excitations in $\alpha $-A$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ (A $=$ Li, Na) Probed by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Invited Speaker: James Clancy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:27PM - 1:03PM		M53.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:03PM - 1:39PM		M53.00004: Generic spin model for the honeycomb iridates with trigonal distortion Invited Speaker: Jeffrey G. Rau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:39PM - 2:15PM		M53.00005: Magnetic properties of hexagonal iridates Invited Speaker: Philipp Gegenwart Preview Abstract

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