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Session W1: Focus Sesson: Graphene: Nanostructures

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: An-Ping Li, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 001A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W1.00001: Semiconductor–half-metal transition in zigzag-graphene-nanoribbons/graphene Mingxing Chen, Michael Weinert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W1.00002: Observations of superlattice Dirac points in one-dimensionally-rippled graphene on hexagonal BN using scanning tunneling spectroscopy Won-Jun Jang, Min Wook Lee, Soon-Hyeong Lee, Min Wang, Sung Kyu Jang, Minwoo Kim, Sungjoo Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Young Jae Song, Se-Jong Kahng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W1.00003: Imaging coherent transport in a mesoscopic graphene ring Damien Cabosart, Sebastien Faniel, Frederico R. Martins, Boris Brun, Alexandre Felten, Vincent Bayot, Benoit Hackens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W1.00004: Electronic Transport in Hexagonal Boron Nitride Encapsulated Graphene Nanoribbon Won Jong Yoo, Daeyeong Lee, Euyheon Hwang, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W1.00005: Semiconducting Graphene Ribbons Grown on Nitrogen-Seeded SiC Feng Wang, Gang Liu, Sara Rothwell, Meredith Nevius, Matthew Conrad, Philip Cohen, Leonard Feldman, Edward Conrad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W1.00006: Surface-assisted formation of graphene nanoribbons on Au surfaces Claudia Cardoso, Deborah Prezzi, Elisa Molinari, Andrea Ferretti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W1.00007: Ballistic nanostructures for epitaxial graphene nanoelectronics Invited Speaker: Walt de Heer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W1.00008: Atomically precise nitrogen-doped graphene nanoribbons Alexander Sinitskii Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W1.00009: Superconducting Proximity Effect in Sidewall Graphene Nanoribbons Owen Vail, John Hankinson, Clement Bouvier, Claire Berger, Walt De Heer, Zhigang Jiang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W1.00010: Spin orbit coupling and electron pairing instabilities in superconductors Armen Kocharian, Gayanath Fernando, Kun Fang, Alexander Balatsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W1.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W1.00012: Bound states in single and bilayer graphenes by a one-dimensional potential well: continuum model versus lattice model Akihiro Okamoto, Takehito Yokoyama, Shuichi Murakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W1.00013: Graphene nanopatterning with 2.5 nm precision: combining bottom-up and top-down techniques Jose M. Gomez-Rodriguez, Antonio J. Martinez-Galera, Ivan Brihuega, Angel Gutierrez-Rubio, Tobias Stauber Preview Abstract

Session W2: Focus Session: Beyond Graphene - Devices I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Xia Hong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Room: 001B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W2.00001: Optically Induced PN Junction Diode and Photovoltaic Response on Ambipolar MoSe2 Field-effect Transistor Nihar Pradhan, Zhengguang Lu, Daniel Rhodes, Mauricio Terrones, Dmitry Smirnov, Luis Balicas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W2.00002: Electrical energy harvesting from single-atomic-layer MoS$_{2}$ Lei Wang, Wenzhuo Wu, Yilei Li, Tony Heinz, Zhong Lin Wang, James Hone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W2.00003: Dimensionality effects on electronic properties of lateral two-dimensional junctions Henry Yu, Alex Kutana, Boris I. Yakobson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W2.00004: Control and characterization of the metallic surface state of bulk insulating Bi$_2$Se$_3$ Invited Speaker: Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W2.00005: Charge Transport of MoS$_2$ Supported by Thiol-Decorated Self-Assembled Monolayer Doron Naveh, vlada Artel, Moshe Kirshner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W2.00006: Generation and electric control of spin--valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe$_{2}$ Hongtao Yuan, Harold Y. Hwang, Yi Cui Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		W2.00007: Electrical Transport of Field-Effect Transistors Based on CVD Grown Two-Dimensional Layered Materials Ming-Wei Lin, Xufan Li, Kai Wang, Alexander Puretzky, Christopher Rouleau, David Geohegan, Kai Xiao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W2.00008: Coulomb blockade in few-layer MoS2 based single electron transistor Kyunghoon Lee, Zhaohui Zhong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W2.00009: Annealing and ionic liquid gating on suspended molybdenum disulfide devices Fenglin Wang, Petr Stepanov, Mason Gray, Mikhail Itkis, Robert Haddon, Chun Ning Lau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W2.00010: Influence of the Metal-MoS$_{2}$ interface on MoS$_{2}$ Transistor Performance Hui Yuan, Guangjun Cheng, Angela Hight Walker, Lin You, Joseph J. Kopanski, Qiliang Li, Curt A. Richter Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W2.00011: Negative Differential Transconductance in a MoS2/WSe2 Heterojunction Field Effect Transistor Ahmad Zubair, Amirhasan Nourbakhsh, Mildred Dresselhaus, Stefan De Gendt, Tomas Palacios Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W2.00012: Quantum transport measurement of few-layer WTe2 field effect devices Jianhao Chen, Xin Liu, Shibing Tian, Chenglong Zhang, Shuang Jia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W2.00013: Electronic Transport of Encapsulated WSe2 Fabricated by Pick-up of Pre-patterned hBN Yafang Yang, Hugh Churchill, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Preview Abstract

Session W3: Invited Session: Growing the Physics Major

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Duncan McBride, National Science Foundation
Room: 002AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W3.00001: Physics Majors in the US: Trends and Implications Invited Speaker: Theodore Hodapp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W3.00002: Strengthening the Physics Program at Brigham Young University -- What Have We Learned? Invited Speaker: Scott Sommerfeldt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W3.00003: Losing and Saving and Losing Physics in Texas Invited Speaker: Michael Marder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W3.00004: Morehouse Physics {\&} Dual Degree Engineering Program: We $C.A.R.E.$ Approach Invited Speaker: Willie S. Rockward Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W3.00005: How to double the number of undergraduate physics majors Invited Speaker: Sacha Kopp Preview Abstract

Session W5: Focus Session: Magnetism and Transport in Fe-Based Superconductors

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Natalia Perkins, University of Minnesota
Room: Juan Gorman Room 005

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W5.00001: Intrinsic band pictures of (122) and (11) iron pnictides from magnetotransport measurements K. Huynh, Y. Tanabe, T. Urata, S. Heguri, K. Tanigaki, M. Hagiwara, T. Kida, H. Oguro, K. Watanabe Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W5.00002: Sharp enhancement of spin fluctuations by nematic order in iron pnictides Qiang Zhang, Rafael. M. Fernandes, Jagat Lamsal, Jiaqiang Yan, Songxue Chi, Gregory. S. Tucker, Daniel. K. Pratt, Jeffrey. W. Lynn, R. W. McCallum, Paul. C. Canfield, Thomas A. Lograsso, Alan I. Goldman, David Vaknin, Robert J. McQueeney Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W5.00003: Electrodynamic response in the electronic nematic phase of BaFe$_2$As$_2$ C. Mirri Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W5.00004: Emergent Defect States as a Source of Resistivity Anisotropy in the Nematic Phase of Iron pnictides Invited Speaker: Brian M. Andersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W5.00005: Ising-nematic order and spin excitations in the bilinear-biquadratic model for the iron pnictides Patricia Bilbao Ergueta, Andriy H. Nevidomskyy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W5.00006: Competing magnetic double-Q phases in iron pnictides Maria N. Gastiasoro, Brian M. Andersen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W5.00007: Tetragonal magnetic order in iron pnictides: phase diagram, spin-wave dispersion, and competition with superconductivity Xiaoyu Wang, Jian Kang, Andrey Chubukov, Rafael Fernandes Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W5.00008: Theory of the evolution of magnetic order in Fe$_{1+y}$Te compounds with increasing interstitial iron Samuel Ducatman, Rafael Fernandes, Natalia Perkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W5.00009: Critical Charge Fluctuations and Ingap Collective Modes in the Superconducting State of the NaFe$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Co$_{\mathrm{x}}$As Iron Pnictide Superconductor Verner Thorsmolle, Maxim Khodas, Zhiping Yin, Chenglin Zhang, Scott Carr, Pengcheng Dai, Girsh Blumberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W5.00010: Magnetic fluctuations under the superconducting dome of Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Co$_{\mathrm{x}}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ from flux-flow resistivity Xinyi Huang, Derek Haney, Yogesh Singh, Shuai Zhang, Hai-Hu Wen, Tao Hu, Maxim Dzero, Carmen Almasan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W5.00011: Correlation, doping, and interband effects on the optical conductivity of iron superconductors Luca de 'Medici, Maria J. Calderon, Belen Valenzuela, Elena Bascones Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W5.00012: Direct characterization of photo-induced femtosecond lattice dynamics in BaFe$_2$As$_2$ Simon Gerber, Yan Zhang, Diling Zhu, Nachum Plonka, Ming Yi, Georgi L. Dakowski, Patrick S. Kirchmann, Robert G. Moore, Matthieu Chollet, James M. Glownia, Yipeng Feng, Joshua J. Turner, Jun-Sik Lee, Apurva Mehta, Hsueh-Hui Kuo, Ian R. Fisher, Thomas Wolf, Yi-De Chuang, Zahid Hussain, Chi-Chang Kao, Kyungwan Kim, Zhi-Xun Shen, Thomas P. Devereaux, Wei-Sheng Lee Preview Abstract

Session W6: Focus Session: Nanostructures and Metamaterials IV

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Oded Rabin, University of Maryland
Room: 006A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W6.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W6.00002: Electromagnetically assisted synthesis of highly concentrated gold nanoparticle colloids Laura Hernandez, Walter Rosas, Guillermo Naranjo, Xomalin G. Peralta, Watson L. Vargas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W6.00003: Super Resolution Measurements of the Near-Field Coupling of the Polarized Modes of Gold Nanorods to Fluorescent Emitters Benjamin Isaacoff, Jessica Donehue, Julie Biteen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W6.00004: Influence of Surfactant Bilayers and Substrate Immobilization on the Refractive Index Sensitivity of Anisotropic Gold Nanoparticles Mohammad Shahjamali, Nicolas Large, Erik Martinsson, Negin Zaraee, George Schatz, Daniel Aili, Chad Mirkin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W6.00005: Surface plasmons excitation and manipulation by low-energy electrons Michael J. Burns, Juan M. Merlo, Yitzi M. Calm, Michael J. Naughton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W6.00006: Optical Properties of Scalable Nano-Mesh Films Kyle Alvine, Bruce Bernacki, Wendy Bennett, Alan Schemer-Kohrn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W6.00007: Dirac-like plasmons in Ag nanopillar honeycomb lattices Siying Peng, Benjamin Brenny, Sondra Hellstrom, Toon Coenen, Albert Polman, Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W6.00008: MEMS for Tunable Plasmonic Coupling Tom Stark, Matthias Imboden, Sabri Kaya, Alket Mertiri, Shyamsunder Erramilli, David Bishop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W6.00009: Digitally Programmable Micro Evaporation Source for Nanofabrication Han Han, Matthias Imboden, Pablo Del Corro, Thomas Stark, Richard Lally, Flavio Pardo, Cris Bolle, David Bishop Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W6.00010: Soft Nanoimprint Lithography for Direct Printing of Crystalline Metal Oxide Nanostructures Rohit Kothari, Michael Beaulieu, James Watkins Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W6.00011: Resolving the two-dimensional self-assembly of iron oxide nanoparticles on a liquid surface Jiayang Hu, Datong Zhang, Chenguang Lu, Seung Whan Lee, Fan Ye, Irving P. Herman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W6.00012: Imaging of Bottom-up Graphene Nanoribbons Synthesized Using Combined Solution and Surface Reactions Danny Haberer, Chen Chen, Zahra Pedramrazi, Ryan Cloke, Tomas Marangoni, Won-Woo Choi, Felix Fischer, Crommie Michael Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W6.00013: Dynamically tunable graphene/dielectric photonic crystal transmission lines Ian Williamson, S. Hossein Mousavi, Zheng Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W6.00014: Toward Controlled In-Solution Stacking of Solvent Exfoliatied 2-Dimensional Nanoflakes and Heterostructures Dale Brown, A. Nicole Chang, Richard Livingston, David Estrada Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W6.00015: Bottom-up synthesis of N$=$11 armchair graphene nanoribbons via new sp3 to sp2 cyclization route Zahra Pedramrazi, Chen Chen, Danny Haberer, Wade Perkins, Felix Ficsher, Michael Crommie Preview Abstract

Session W7: Focus Session: Novel Topological Phases: Theory II

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCMP
Chair: Jens Bardarson, Max Planck Institute, Dresden
Room: 006B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W7.00001: disorder effect on quantum transport properties of ultra thin Fe film Xiaotian Zhang, Kohji Nakamura, Ryuichi Shindou Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W7.00002: Complex Band Structure of the Topological Insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Shijie Li, Jesuan Betancourt, J.D. Burton, Julian P. Velev, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W7.00003: Prediction of Large-Gap Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators Consisting of Hydrogenated Bilayers of Group III Elements with Bi Christian P. Crisostomo, Liang-Zi Yao, Zhi-Quan Huang, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, Feng-Chuan Chuang, Hsin Lin, Marvin A. Albao, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W7.00004: Topological Crystalline Insulators Invited Speaker: Timothy Hsieh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W7.00005: The nontrivial electronic structure of Bi/Sb honeycombs on SiC(0001) Feng-Chuan Chuang, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, Zhi-Quan Huang, Chien-Cheng Kuo, Yu-Tzu Liu, Hsin Lin, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W7.00006: Hydrogenated ultra-thin tin films predicted as two-dimensional topological insulators Zhi-Quan Huang, Bo-Hung Chou, Chia-Hsiu Hsu, Feng-Chuan Chuang, Yu-Tzu Liu, Hsin Lin, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W7.00007: Real-structure influence on topological states of HgTe quantum wells: Ab initio studies Sebastian Kuefner, Friedhelm Bechstedt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W7.00008: Edge state transport in 2D topological insulators without inversion symmetry Yang-Zhi Chou, Matthew Foster Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W7.00009: Twisting a topological phase on a lattice Meng Cheng, Yi-Zhuang You Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W7.00010: Quantum criticality of 1D topological Anderson insulators Alex Kamenev, Dmitry Bagrets, Alex Altland Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W7.00011: Berry Curvature and Chiral Plasmons in Massive Dirac Materials Justin Song, Mark Rudner Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W7.00012: First-Principles Study on Dirac Cones in a Single-Component Molecular Crystal Under High Pressure Takao Tsumuraya, Heng-Bo Cui, Hiori Kino, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Reizo Kato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W7.00013: Unified Topological Field Theory for Gapped and Gapless Systems Daniel Bulmash, Pavan Hosur, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract

Session W8: Focus Session: Optical And Electrical Properties Of Metamaterials And Photonic Crystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Patrick Vora, George Mason University
Room: 006C

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W8.00001: Broadband Tunable Transparency in rf SQUID Metamaterial Daimeng Zhang, Melissa Trepanier, Oleg Mukhanov, Philipp Jung, Susanne Butz, Alexey Ustinov, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W8.00002: Plasmonic metastructures exhibiting a narrow transparency window within a broad extinction spectrum Lucas V. Besteiro, Hui Zhang, Kivanc Gungor, Hilmi Volkan Demir, Alexander Govorov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W8.00003: Metasurfaces based on Gallium Nitride High Contrast Gratings at Visible Range Zhenhai Wang, Shumin He, Qifa Liu, Wei Wang, Yongjin Wang, Hongbo Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W8.00004: Interface States between two one-dimensional Hyperbolic Metamaterials Ieng-Wai Un, Ta-Jen Yen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W8.00005: Electrodynamic Tensor Properties of Periodic Arrays Diana Strickland, Arturo Ayon, Andrea Alu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W8.00006: Metasurface-Enabled Anisotropic Quantum Vacuum over Macroscopic Distances Pankaj Jha, Xingjie Ni, Chihhui Wu, Yuan Wang, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W8.00007: Strategy for designing broadband vibration isolation systems through exactly solvable models of graded elastic networks Ka Ki Ng, Wai Soen Chan, Kin Wah Yu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W8.00008: Ultra-broadband sound absorption by acoustic metamaterials Xue Jiang, Bin Liang, Jian-chun Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W8.00009: Strong Coupling of Terahertz Cyclotron Resonance with a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Cavity Minhan Lou, Qi Zhang, Rodion Kononchuk, Andrey Chabanov, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W8.00010: Unidirectional Spectral Singularities Hamidreza Ramezani, Hao-kun Li, Yuan wang, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W8.00011: Light propagation in synthetic pseudo-passive media with balanced gain and loss Ali Basiri, Tsampikos Kottos, Ilya Vitebskiy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W8.00012: Localized Guided-Mode and Cavity-Mode Double Resonance in Photonic Crystal Nanocavities Xuqing Liu, Takashi Shimada, Ryohei Miura, Satoshi Iwamoto, Yasuhiko Arakawa, Yuichiro K. Kato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W8.00013: Self-assembled tunable photonic hyper-crystals Igor Smolyaninov, Vera Smolyaninova, Bradley Yost, David Lahneman, Thomas Gresock, Evgenii Narimanov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W8.00014: Optical properties of self-induced plasma structures Rotem Kupfer, Boris Barmashenko, Ilana Bar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W8.00015: Optical instabilities and spontaneous light emission in moving media Mario Silveirinha Preview Abstract

Session W10: Topological Insulators: Optical and Other Properties (Theory)

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Bitan Roy, University of Maryland
Room: 007A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W10.00001: Skyrmion spin texture in ferromagnetic semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures Kristofer Bj\"{o}rnson, Annica Black-Schaffer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W10.00002: Compressibility as a probe of topological quantum phase transitions in 1D systems David Nozadze, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W10.00003: Quantized Electromagnetic Response of Three Dimensional Chiral Topological Insulators Sheng-Tao Wang, Dong-Ling Deng, Joel Moore, Kai Sun, Luming Duan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W10.00004: Charged skyrmions on the surface of a 3D topological insulator Hilary Hurst, Dmitry Efimkin, Victor Galitski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W10.00005: Braiding statistics of loop excitations in three dimensions Chenjie Wang, Michael Levin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W10.00006: Vortex-line condensation in three dimensions: A physical mechanism of bosonic topological insulators Peng Ye, Zheng-Cheng Gu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W10.00007: Topological BF theory of the quantum hydrodynamics of incompressible polar fluids Apoorv Tiwari, Xiao Chen, Titus Neupert, Luiz Santos, Shinsei Ryu, Claudio Chamon, Christopher Mudry Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W10.00008: Berry phase and Rashba fields in realistic semiconductor quantum rings under tilted magnetic field Vivaldo Lopes-Oliveira, Victor Lopez-Richard, Sergio Eduardo Ulloa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W10.00009: Uhlmann Measure in Topological Insulators and Superconductors at Finite Temperature Oscar Viyuela, Angel Rivas, Miguel Angel Martin-Delgado Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W10.00010: Equilibrium currents in chiral systems with nonzero Chern number Oleg Starykh, Eugene Mishchenko Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W10.00011: Surface plasmon polaritons in topological insulators Junjie Qi, Haiwen Liu, X.C. Xie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W10.00012: Giant Faraday effect due to Pauli exclusion principle in 3D topological insulators Hari Paudel, Michael Leuenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W10.00013: Effect of electron-phonon interaction on the finite frequency conductivity of 3D Dirac materials Boris Pavlovic, Elisabeth J. Nicol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W10.00014: Thermoelectric Effect in Topological Insulators Yong Xu, Shou-Cheng Zhang Preview Abstract

Session W11: Cuprates: Josephson Junctions

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Mike Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 007B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W11.00001: Direct Observation of Superconducting Pair States in Atomic Resolution on Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ Sang Hyun Joo, Inhee Lee, Chung Koo Kim, Jung Hoon Yoo, Min Seok Park, Gyoung Seok Lee, Jae-joon Kim, Genda Gu, Kyle McElroy, Shin-ichi Uchida, J.C. Davis, Jinho Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W11.00002: High-resolution Josephson spectroscopy with a scanning tunneling microscope Mallika T. Randeria, Benjamin E. Feldman, Ilya K. Drozdov, Ali Yazdani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W11.00003: Studies of superconductivity (SC) and competing-order (CO) interplay in cuprates and Fe-base compounds using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) M.L. Teague, C.-C. Chen, N.-C. Yeh, Z.J. Feng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W11.00004: Interpretation of scanning tunneling quasiparticle interference and impurity states Andreas Kreisel, P. Choubey, T. Berlijn, B.M. Andersen, P.J. Hirschfeld Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W11.00005: Relaxation Oscillations in Josephson STM Junctions at mK Temperatures Michael Dreyer, Anita Roychowdhurry, Rami Dana, WanTing Li, Shu-Chu Liao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W11.00006: Improved heat exhaust and the characteristics of the high $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ superconducting terahertz emitter T. Kashiwagi, T. Yamamoto, T. Kitamura, K. Asanuma, T. Yasui, Y. Shibano, C. Watanabe, K. Nakade, Y. Saiwai, H. Kubo, K. Sakamoto, T. Katsuragawa, M. Tsujimoto, R. Yoshizaki, H. Minami, R.A. Klemm, K. Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W11.00007: Comparison of luminescent and scanning laser thermal micro-imaging of self-heating in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ mesa THz sources Timothy Benseman, Alexei Koshelev, Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov, Yang Hao, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Ulrich Welp, Courtney Keiser, Boris Gross, Matthias Lange, Dieter Koelle, Reinhold Kleiner, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W11.00008: The stability of current filaments in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ observed via luminescent thermal microscopy Yang Hao, Timothy Benseman, Alexei Koshelev, Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Ulrich Welp, Courtney Keiser, Boris Gross, Matthias Lange, Dieter Koelle, Reinhold Kleiner, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W11.00009: A role of temperature inhomogeneity and hot-spot formation on the THz emission from high-$T_{c}$ superconducting intrinsic Josephson junction mesa devices Chiharu Watanabe, Hidetoshi Minami, Takeo Kitamura, Kentaro Asanuma, Kurama Nakade, Takaki Yasui, Yoshihiko Saiwai, Yuki Shibano, Takashi Yamamoto, Takanari Kashiwagi, Richard Klemm, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W11.00010: Nano-(Bi$_{0.7}$Pb$_{0.3}$)Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{10}$ crystals synthesis by sol-gel improved with acrylamide and microwaves E. Chavira, F. Flores, A. Conde, H. Montiel, D. Cabrero, C. Flores, O. Novelo, A. Tejeda, G. Zavala, L. Almeida, G.E. Torres Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W11.00011: A Study on Nucleation, Crystallization Kinetics, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ru-Bi Partial Substituted BSCCO Glass Ceramics Ahmet Tolga Tasci, Ozgur Ozturk, Tugba Gokcen, Sukru Cavdar, Haluk Koralay, Abdulkadir Senol Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W11.00012: Oxygen Annealing in the Synthesis of the Electron-Doped Cuprates J. S. Higgins, P. L. Bach, W. Yu, B. D. Weaver, R. L. Greene Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W11.00013: Fabrication of Small Edge Josephson Junctions Between Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ and Al Brian Zakrzewski, Xinxin Cai, Yiqun Ying, David Fobes, Tijiang Liu, Zhiqiang Mao, Ying Liu Preview Abstract

Session W12: Insulators: Synthesis and Experiment

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Ben White, University of California, San Diego
Room: 007C

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W12.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W12.00002: Growth Mechanism of Pumpkin-Shaped Vaterite Hierarchical Structures Guobin Ma, Yifei Xu, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W12.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W12.00004: Athermal fading of luminescence in Al2O3 ceramic substrates Ian Terry, Eftychia Kouroukla, Ian K. Bailiff Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W12.00005: Ion Channeling study of Jahn-Teller lattice distortions and the phonon properties in magnetic transition element implanted SrTiO$_{3}$ Crystals Kalyan Sasmal, D. Wijesundera, Y. He, B. Tilakaratne, Q. Chen, J.H. Miller, Wei-Kan Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W12.00006: Rapid Microwave Synthesis of Perovskite Oxide Nanostructures with Enhanced Functionality Gregory Salazar, Anuja Datta, Pritish Mukherjee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W12.00007: Possible Phase Transition in H$_{2}$O Ice Ih near 110 K David T. W. Buckingham, Sueli H. Masunaga, Forrest C. Gile, John J. Neumeier Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		W12.00008: Raman and Luminescence Investigation of Rare Earth Doped Laser-Induced Crystals-in-Glass Brian Knorr, Adam Stone, Himanshu Jain, Volkmar Dierolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W12.00009: Brillouin light scattering as a probe for low frequency quasiparticles in solids Nikita Klimovich, Kevin Olsson, Kyongmo An, Sean Sullivan, Annie Weathers, Li Shi, Xiaoqin Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W12.00010: Model for Charge Injection with Electron Beams into Highly Disordered Insulating Materials John Dennison, Alec Sim, Greg Wilson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W12.00011: Plasmon Polariton Modes in High Index Dielectric Structures Kodiak Murphy, Kyle Hoke, Brad Johnson, Janelle Leger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W12.00012: Optical and vibrational properties of YBO$_{3}$:Eu$^{3+}$, Ce$^{3+}$, Tb$^{3+}$ microstructures for light emitting diodes Sandeep Sohal, Mohammad Nazari, X. Zhang, E. Hassan-Zadeh, V.V. Kuryatkov, J. Chaudhuri, L. Hope-Weeks, Juyang Huang, Mark Holtz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W12.00013: Scintillation properties of polycrystalline La$_{\mathrm{x}}$Y$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$O$_{3}$ ceramic Sunil Sahi, Wei Chen, Rasool Kenarangui Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W12.00014: Prediction of Silicon-Based Layered Structures for Optoelectronic Applications Wei Luo, Yanming Ma, Xingao Gong, Hongjun Xiang Preview Abstract

Session W13: Focus Session: Manganite Thin Films and Interfaces

Chair: Ganesh Panchapakesan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 007D

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W13.00001: Emergent Magnetic Phenomena at Manganite Interfaces Invited Speaker: Yuri Suzuki Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W13.00002: Thickness effect on magnetic and electronic response in phase separated manganite thin films Hyoung Jeen Jeen, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W13.00003: First-principles study of magnetic, electronic and optical properties of double perovskite Bi$_2$FeMnO$_6$ Towfiq Ahmed, Dzmitry Yarotski, Quanxi Jia, Jian-Xin Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W13.00004: Pressure-induced modification of colossal magnetoresistive magnanites Petro Maksymovych, S. Kelly, R. Vasudevan, E. Eliseev, A. Morozovska, M.D. Biegalski, J.F. Mitchell, H. Zheng, J. Aarts, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W13.00005: Ferroelectric control of spin injection in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/BaTiO3/La0.5Ca0.5MnO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 multiferroic tunnel junctions with a bilayer barrier Yuewei Yin, L.D. Miao, R.Z. Du, Q. Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W13.00006: Influence of Oxygen Pressure during Deposition on Atomic-Scale Surface Features of La$_{5/8}$Ca$_{3/8}$MnO$_{3}$ Films A. Tselev, R.K. Vasudevan, A. Gianfrancesco, L. Qiao, P. Ganesh, T.L. Meyer, H.-N. Lee, M.D. Biegalski, A.P. Baddorf, S.V. Kalinin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W13.00007: Trends in (LaMnO$_3$)$_n$/(SrTiO$_3$)$_m$ superlattices with varying layer thicknesses Jilili Jiwuer, Fabrizio Cossu, Udo Schwingenschl\"ogl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W13.00008: Variational calculations for spin canting at ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interfaces G. Richard, J.-X. Zhu, A.V. Balatsky, J.T. Haraldsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W13.00009: Phase separation in strained ultrathin La$_{0.67}$Sr$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$(100) films In Hae Kwak, Sarah Toth, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W13.00010: Magnetic coercive field changes in microstructured (La$_{\mathrm{1-y}}$Pr$_{\mathrm{y}})_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Ca$_{\mathrm{x}}$MnO$_{3}$ thin films Daniel Grant, Michael Ryan, Amlan Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W13.00011: Effect of A-site ordering on the magnetoelectric properties in (111)-oriented LaMnO$_{3}$/SrMnO$_{3}$ superlattices Minhui Hu, Ruinan Song, Jiandong Guo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W13.00012: Large Relaxation (Polar distortion) of SrTiO$_{3}$ interfaced with La$_{2/3}$Sr$_{1/3}$MnO$_{3}$ Zhen Wang, Hangwen Guo, Lina Chen, Mohammad Saghayezhian, E.W. Plummer, Jiandi Zhang, Jing Tao, Lijun Wu, Huolin Xin, Yimei Zhu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W13.00013: Interfacial intermixing in $\delta$-doped oxide superlattices Valentino R. Cooper, Houlong L. Zhuang, P. Ganesh, Haixuan Xu, P. R. C. Kent Preview Abstract

Session W15: Glasses and Quasicrystals

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Erdal C. Oguz, Princeton University
Room: 008B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W15.00001: Correlation of Local Structure and Electronic Properties of Glass Materials Vincenzo Lordi, Nicole Adelstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W15.00002: Structural manifestations of aging in Se-rich glasses S. Dash, S. Ravindren, P. Chen, P. Boolchand Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W15.00003: The effect of semiconducting CdSe and ZnSe nanoparticles on the fluorescence of Sm$^{3+}$ in lead borate glasses Saisudha Mallur, Stephen Fatokun, P.K. Babu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W15.00004: Topological phases in Ba-Borate glasses Chad Holbrook, Andrew Czaja, Punit Boolchand Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W15.00005: Revealing Structural Details of SiCO Ceramics with GIPAW Calculations of Model Structures and Analysis of Experimental $^{29}$Si Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy John Nimmo, Peter Kroll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W15.00006: Correlations between dynamics and atomic structures in Cu$_{64.5}$Zr$_{35.5}$ metallic glass C.Z. Wang, Y. Zhang, F. Zhang, M.I. Mendelev, M.J. Kramer, K.M. Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W15.00007: Onset of plasticity and its relation to structure in CuZr metallic glasses: a molecular dynamics study Gonzalo Gutierrez, Matias Sepulveda, Nicolas Amigo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W15.00008: Study the formation of metastable crystalline phases from amorphous metallic systems with an integrated approach Zhuo Ye, Feng Zhang, Yang Sun, Mikhail Mendelev, Ryan Ott, Eun-soo Park, Matt Besser, Matt Kramer, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W15.00009: Ab Initio Simulation of Nickel-Palladium-Phosphorus Bulk Metallic Glasses Raymond Atta-Fynn, Parthapratim Biswas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W15.00010: Microscopic pathway of a polymorphic transformation in Al90Sm10 system by molecular dynamics simulations Yang Sun, Feng Zhang, Zhuo Ye, Mikhail Mendelev, Ryan Ott, Matthew Kramer, Cai-Zhuang Wang, Kai-Ming Ho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W15.00011: Quasilattice-conserved molecular dynamics study of the atomic structure of decagonal Al-Co-Ni quasicrystals Yu-Jun Zhao, Xiaotian Li Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W15.00012: Local density fluctuations and hyperuniformity in quasicrystals Erdal Celal O\u{g}uz, Salvatore Torquato Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W15.00013: Growth of icosahedral quasicrystals Joshua Socolar, Connor Hann, Paul Steinhardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W15.00014: The Log-Lin Metric for Generic Responses in Logarithmic Structures Antony J. Bourdillon Preview Abstract

Session W16: Focus Session: Graphene Electronic Devices II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jiang Wei, Tulane University
Room: 101AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W16.00001: Extrinsic and Intrinsic Charge Trapping at the Graphene/Ferroelectric Interface Mohammed Humed Yusuf, Bent Nielsen, Matthew Dawber, Xu Du Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W16.00002: Sub-harmonic gap structure and Magneto-transport in suspended graphene --Superconductor ballistic junctions Piranavan Kumaravadivel, Xu Du Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W16.00003: Ultra-Short Channel Graphene Devices M.Javad Farrokhi, Mathias J. Boland, Abhishek Sundararajan, Douglas R. Strachan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W16.00004: Ab initio simulation and design of graphene-based transistors at the atomic scale Wenchang Lu, Jerry Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W16.00005: Low-Resistance Spin Filtering from Ferromagnet-Graphene-Ferromagnet Junctions Enrique Cobas, Olaf van 't Erve, Shu-Fan Cheng, Berry Jonker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W16.00006: Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of ultrathin oxides on graphene Christie J. Trimble, Anna M. Zaniewski, Manpuneet Kaur, Robert J. Nemanich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W16.00007: Energy gap formation and gap states analysis in bilayer graphene Kaoru Kanayama, Kosuke Nagashio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W16.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W16.00009: SrO(001) on graphene: a universal buffer layer for integration of complex oxides Adam Ahmed, Hua Wen, Igor Pinchuk, Tiancong Zhu, Roland Kawakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W16.00010: Building a Better Barristor -- The Case for Carbon Nanotubes over Graphene Xiao Chen, Maxime Lemaitre, Andrew Rinzler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 5:06PM		W16.00011: Electronic transport in graphene structure: from weak to strong localization regimes Invited Speaker: Aurelien Lherbier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W16.00012: Aharonov-Bohm interference in gate-defined ring of high-mobility graphene Minsoo Kim, Hu-Jong Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W16.00013: High-k Dielectric Nanosheets for Two-Dimensional material Electronics Yufeng Hao, Xu Cui, Jun Yin, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Ghidewon Arefe, Minoru Osada, Takayoshi Sasaki, James Hone Preview Abstract

Session W17: Focus Session: Graphene Devices: Function, Fabrication, and Characterization: Graphene Surface Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Doron Naveh, Bar-Ilan University
Room: 102AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W17.00001: High Resolution Imaging of Graphene on SiC by Contact Resonance AFM: Experiment and Theory Qing Tu, Bjoern Lange, Joao Marcelo Lopes, Stefan Zauscher, Volker Blum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W17.00002: Charging Ring Spectroscopy and Defect Identification in Graphene/Boron Nitride Through Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Juwon Lee, Dillon Wong, Jairo Valesco, Long Ju, Salman Kahn, Hsinzon Tsai, Chad Germany, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Alex Zettl, Feng Wang, Michael Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W17.00003: Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of graphene and hydrogenated graphene on Cu(111) Shawna M. Hollen, Grady Gambrel, Steven Tjung, Nancy M. Santagata, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Jay A. Gupta Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W17.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W17.00005: Probing Graphene by Low-Energy Electrons under Non-normal Incidence Johannes Jobst, Jaap Kautz, Daniel Geelen, Rudolf M. Tromp, Sense Jan van der Molen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W17.00006: Resonant Modes in Circular Graphene \textit{pn} Junctions Created by STM Probes Jonathan Wyrick, Yue Zhao, Fabian Natterer, Joaquin Rodriguez Nieva, Cyprian Lewandowski, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Leonid Levitov, Nikolai Zhitenev, Joseph Stroscio Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W17.00007: Stacking defects and transport in bilayer graphene Invited Speaker: Francisco Guinea Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W17.00008: Examination of Humidity Effects on Measured Thickness and Interfacial Phenomena of Exfoliated Graphene on SiO$_{2}$ via AC-AFM Katherine Jinkins, Jorge Camacho, Lee Farina, Yan Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W17.00009: Visualization of Photo-induced Doping patterns in Graphene/Boron Nitride Heterostructures via Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Jairo Velasco Jr., Long Ju, Dillon Wong, Juwon Lee, Salman Kahn, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Chad Germany, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Alex Zettl, Feng Wang, Mike Crommie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W17.00010: A Correlation of Raman and Single and Multiple Layer Graphene Conductivity As Detected With A Cryogenic Multiprobe AFM With On-line Raman, NSOM and Other SPM Modalities Aaron Lewis, Oleg Zinoviev, Anatoly Komissar, Eran Maayan, David Lewis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W17.00011: Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single and Bilayer Graphene with Hexagonal Boron Nitride Tunneling Barrier Suyong Jung, Jaesung Park, Chanyong Hwang, Donghan Ha, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pilkyung Moon, Young-Woo Son Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W17.00012: Thermal mirror buckling transitions in a pristine freestanding graphene membrane investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy Kevin Schoelz, Vincent Meunier, Pradeep Kumar, Mehdhi Neek-Amal, Paul Thibado, Francois Peeters Preview Abstract

Session W18: Invited Session: Novel Approaches for Quantum Information Processing With Polar Molecules

Sponsoring Units: GQI DAMOP
Chair: Sabre Kais, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute & Purdue University
Room: Mission Room 103A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W18.00001: Quantum state preparation of polar molecular ions: Towards quantum logic and spectroscopy Invited Speaker: Michael Drewsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W18.00002: Quantum matter based on ultracold molecules Invited Speaker: Jun Ye Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W18.00003: Abelian and non-abelian topological phases with dipoles Invited Speaker: Alexey Gorshkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W18.00004: Getting trapped molecules into the quantum toolkit Invited Speaker: Brian Odom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W18.00005: Universal Matchgate Quantum Computing With Cold Polar Molecules Invited Speaker: Felipe Herrera Preview Abstract

Session W19: Invited Session: Frontiers of Electronic Structure Theory for Materials

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Volker Blum, Duke University
Room: Mission Room 103B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W19.00001: Exchange-Correlation and Electronic Excitation Energies from Pairing Matrix Fluctuations and the Particle-Particle Random Phase Approximation Invited Speaker: Weitao Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W19.00002: Towards a unified description of ground and excited state properties: \textit{GW} vs RPA and beyond Invited Speaker: Patrick Rinke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W19.00003: Range-separated Hybrid Functionals for Molecules and Interfaces Invited Speaker: Thomas K\"orzd\"orfer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W19.00004: New Developments in Diffusion QMC for materials Invited Speaker: Fernando Reboredo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W19.00005: Stochastic Quantum Chemistry for extended systems Invited Speaker: George Booth Preview Abstract

Session W20: Invited Session: Physics of Biomacromolecules

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Patrick Underhill, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Room: Ballroom B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W20.00001: Electrostatic self-assembly of biomolecules Invited Speaker: Monica Olvera De La Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W20.00002: Theory and Computational Design of Protein Materials Invited Speaker: Jeffery Saven Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W20.00003: Self-assembly of Amyloid Fibrils in One, Two and Three Dimensions Invited Speaker: Raffaele Mezzenga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W20.00004: Protein-engineered block-copolymers as stem cell delivery vehicles Invited Speaker: Sarah Heilshorn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W20.00005: New frontiers in single polymer dynamics Invited Speaker: Charles Schroeder Preview Abstract

Session W21: Density Waves in Superconductors and Other Systems

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Akash V. Maharaj, Stanford University
Room: 201

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W21.00001: Charge ordering in three-band models of the cuprates Alexandra Thomson, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W21.00002: `Hot-spot' Charge-Density Wave Nesting in Cuprates Robert Markiewicz, Goetz Seibold, Jose Lorenzana, Arun Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W21.00003: Charge-order in the underdoped cuprates: a window into the normal state Debanjan Chowdhury, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W21.00004: dc Resistivity at the Onset of Spin Density Wave Order in Two-dimensional Metals Aavishkar Patel, Subir Sachdev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W21.00005: Are there quantum oscillations in an incommensurate charge density wave? Yi Zhang, Akash Maharaj, Steven Kivelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W21.00006: Short-range incommensurate $d$-wave charge order from a two-loop renormalization group calculation of the fermionic hot spot model Hermann Freire, Vanuildo de Carvalho Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W21.00007: Chiral Charge Density Wave and Superconductivity in Cu$_x$TiSe$_2$ Single Crystals Goran Karapetrov, P. Husanikova, V. Cambel, P. Szab\'{o}, P. Samuely, J. Fedor, M. Iavarone Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W21.00008: Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Mott Physics from Gauge/Gravity Duality Garrett Vanacore, Philip Phillips Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W21.00009: Quantum Critical Transitions in Spin and Charge Ordered Systems Corentin Morice, Premala Chandra, Stephen E. Rowley, Siddharth S. Saxena Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W21.00010: Fermiology of the undoped cuprate superconductor Pr$_{2}$CuO$_{4}$ Ross McDonald, Nicholas Breznay, Nityan Nair, James Analytis, Zengwei Zhu, Kimberley Modic, Yoshiharu Krockenberger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W21.00011: Influence of Ti doping on the incommensurate charge density wave in 1T-TaS$_2$ Xiaoqian Chen, Christopher Nugroho, Anna J. Miller, Anshul Kogar, Eduardo Fradkin, Dale J. Van Harlingen, Peter Abbamonte, Young Il Joe, Joel D. Brock, Jochen Geck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W21.00012: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy study of the Charge Density Wave driven Mott Insulator 1$T$-TaS$_{2}$ Doohee Cho, Yong-Heum Cho, Sang-Wook Cheong, Ki-Seok Kim, HanWoong Yeom Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W21.00013: Wavevector dependent electron$-$phonon coupling drives the CDW formation in TbTe$_3$ S. Rosenkranz, M. Maschek, F. Weber, R. Heid, A.H. Said, P. Giraldo-Gallo, I.R. Fisher Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W21.00014: Anisotropic symmetry breaking in two-dimensional charge density waves of ErTe$_{3}$ investigated by femtosecond electron crystallography Faran Zhou, Timofey Golubev, Bin Hwang, Chong-Yu Ruan, Phil Duxbury, Christos Malliakas, Mercouri Kanatzidis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W21.00015: Electronic band structure of Charge Density Wave PdxHoTe3 Shancai Wang, Yipeng Cai, Zhonghao Liu, Leilei Jia, Yange Zhao, T. Qian, Hong Ding, Junbao He, Genfu Chen Preview Abstract

Session W22: Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials: Thin Films & Networks

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Shu-Jen Han, IBM T.J. Watson
Room: 202A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W22.00001: Assembly, physics, and application of highly electronic-type purified semiconducting carbon nanotubes in aligned array field effect transistors and photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Michael Arnold Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W22.00002: Performance Enhanced Photoconductive Channels Based on (Carbon Nanotube)-(CdS Nanowire) Hybrid Nanostructures Myungjae Yang, Hyungwoo Lee, Kwang Heo, Abbas Maaroof, Yongju Park, Seunguk Noh, June Park, Jikang Jian, Changhee Lee, Maeng-Je Seong, Seunghun Hong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W22.00003: Impact of SWCNT characteristics and processing on the performance of nanotube-silicon solar cells John M. Harris, Robert J. Headrick, Matthew R. Semler, Matteo Pasquali, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Erik K. Hobbie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W22.00004: 15{\%} Power Conversion Efficiency from a Gated Nanotube/Silicon Nanowire Array Solar Cell Maureen K. Petterson, Maxime G. Lemaitre, Yu Shen, Pooja Wadhwa, Jie Hou, Svetlana V. Vasilyeva, Ivan I. Kravchenko, Andrew G. Rinzler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W22.00005: Carbon nanotube fiber based flexible, lightweight and broadband photodetector Ahmed Zubair, Naoki Fujimura, Dmitri E. Tsentalovich, Colin C. Young, Xiaowei He, Xuan Wang, Weilu Gao, Yukio Kawano, Matteo Pasquali, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W22.00006: Polarization-dependent terahertz spectroscopy of macroscopic films of aligned single-wall and multiwall carbon nanotubes Xiaowei He, John Robinson, Weilu Gao, Ahmed Zurbair, Noe Alvarez, Robvert H. Hauge, Junichiro Kono Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W22.00007: Revisiting length-dependent Raman spectroscopy of single-wall carbon nanotubes using single chirality, length-refined populations Yanmei Piao, Stephanie Lam, Angela Hight Walker, Jeffrey Fagan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W22.00008: Wide dynamic range stretchable electrical interconnect using carbon nanotube sheets and elastomer Yourack Lee, Viet Thong Le, Young Hee Lee, Dongseok Suh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W22.00009: Enhanced Electrical Conductivity of Aluminum by Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Dilution Shelby Stigers, Alexader Savadelis, Kathryn Carruba, Kiley Johns, Kofi Adu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W22.00010: Carbon Nanotube Networks Reinforced by Silver Nanowires with Improved Optical Transparency and Conductivity Patricia Martine, Azin Fakhimi, Ling Lin, Izabela Jurewicz, Alan Dalton, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Ray H. Baughman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W22.00011: Atomistic Simulations of Fluid Flow through Graphene Channels and Carbon Nanotubes Harvey A. Zambrano, Jens H. Walther, Elton E. Oyarzua, Enrique Wagemann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W22.00012: Mechanism of H$_2$O Induced Conductance Changes in AuCl$_4$ Functionalized CNTs Altynbek Murat, Ivan Rungger, Stefano Sanvito, Udo Schwingenschl\"{o}gl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W22.00013: Alternative nanostructures for thermophones Nathanael Mayo, Ali Aliev, Ray Baughman Preview Abstract

Session W23: Focus Session: Anderson Localization

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Mark Jarrell, Louisiana State University
Room: 202B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W23.00001: Anderson localization for chemically realistic systems Invited Speaker: Hanna Terletska Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W23.00002: Weakly Interacting Disordered Electron Systems C.E. Ekuma, H. Terletska, S. Yang, K.-M. Tam, N.S. Vidhyadhiraja, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W23.00003: Typical Medium Dynamical Cluster Approximation For Disordered Superconductors Elisha Siddiqui, Hanna Terletska, Chinedu Ekuma, N.S. Vidhyadhiraja, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W23.00004: Study of multiband disordered systems using the typical medium dynamical cluster approximation Yi Zhang, Hanna Terletska, Conrad Moore, Chinedu Ekuma, Ka Ming Tam, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W23.00005: Benchmarking Multiband Cluster Typical Medium Theory Conrad Moore, Yi Zhang, Ka Ming Tam, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W23.00006: Disorder Problem In Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors Ryky Nelson, Chinedu Ekuma, Hanna Terletska, Vidhyadhiraja Sudhindra, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W23.00007: Encoding the structure of many-body localization with matrix product operators David Pekker, Bryan K. Clark Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W23.00008: Typical density of states as an order parameter for the Anderson localization Ka-Ming Tam, Conrad Moore, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell Preview Abstract

Session W24: Electronic Structure Methods V

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Eric Shirley, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Room: 203AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W24.00001: Finding Symmetry-adapted Wannier Functions from $L_1$ Sparse Optimization Jiatong Chen, Ke Yin, Yi Xia, Vidvuds Ozolins, Stanley Osher, Russel Caflisch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W24.00002: a new approach to Hohenberg-Kohn theorem Paul Lammert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W24.00003: Enhanced transferability for Bethe-Salpeter Calculations Eric L. Shirley Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W24.00004: A convergence test of the full potential KKR method G.M. Stocks, Yang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W24.00005: Convergence of quasiparticle self-consistent GW calculations of transition metal monoxides Suvadip Das, John E. Coulter, Efstratios Manousakis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W24.00006: Projector Augmented-Wave formulation of response to strain and electric field perturbation within the density-functional perturbation theory Alexandre Martin, Marc Torrent, Razvan Caracas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W24.00007: Constructing Wannier functions with automatically selected trial orbitals Jamal I. Mustafa, Sinisa Coh, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W24.00008: Faster GW total energy calculations Mzuri Handlin, Marco Govoni, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W24.00009: Dielectric matrix formulation of correlation energies within the Random Phase Approximation: Inclusion of (screened) exchange effects Dario Rocca, Bastien Mussard, Georg Jansen, Janos Angyan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W24.00010: Impurity Solvers for Dynamical Mean Field Theory using Matrix Product States Martin Ganahl, Markus Aichhorn, Patrik Thunstroem, Frank Verstraete, Karsten Held, Hans Gerd Evertz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W24.00011: Implementation of parameter-free LDA+DMFT and GW+DMFT for diatomic molecules using exact double-counting correction Juho Lee, Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W24.00012: Non-adiabatic exchange-correlation kernel for the non-equilibrium response of three-dimensional Hubbard model Shree Ram Acharya, Nisha Baral, Volodymyr Turkowski, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W24.00013: Machine learning for many-Body physics Louis-Francois Arsenault, Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla, O. Anatole von Lilienfeld, Andrew J. Millis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W24.00014: Low scaling algorithms for the random phase and $GW$ approximation Merzuk Kaltak, Jiri Klimes, Georg Kresse Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W24.00015: Self-consistent GW(QP)+Vertex calculations for the insulating oxides of transition (rare earth) metals Andrey Kutepov, Vladimir Antropov, Sergey Savrasov, Gabriel Kotliar Preview Abstract

Session W25: Focus Session: Cooperative Phenomena in Plasticity III

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Robert Maass, University of Gottingen
Room: 203B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W25.00001: ABSTRACT MOVED TO F23.00009 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W25.00002: Dsign of Inorganic Electrides Zhang Yunwei, Peng Feng, Ma Yanming Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W25.00003: Spontaneous thermally-induced delamination of polymer films Punit Kohli, Kexin Jiao, Chuanhong Zhou, Jared Wynne, Anish Poude, Philip Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W25.00004: Mechanical properties of 3D ceramic nanolattices Invited Speaker: Lucas Meza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W25.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W25.00006: Shock induced chemistry in granular Ni/Al nanocomposites Mathew Cherukara, Timothy Germann, Edward Kober, Alejandro Strachan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W25.00007: Stoichiometric Control of DNA-Grafted Colloid Self-Assembly Thi Vo, Venkat Venkatasubramanian, Sanat Kumar, Babji Srinivasan, Suchetan Pal, Yugang Zhang, Oleg Gang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W25.00008: Computational Study of Nanoparticle Clustering via DNA Hyperdyzation Xu Ma, Mark J. Bowick, Rastko Sknepnek Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W25.00009: Tetrahedrally bonded carbonates and aqueous carbonate anions under extreme conditions Ding Pan, Giulia Galli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W25.00010: ABSTRACT MOVED TO S23.00008 Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W25.00011: Fluorescent probes for shock compression spectroscopy Alexandr Banishev, James Christensen, Dana Dlott Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W25.00012: Sliding friction levels of water films on graphene measured by means of QCM Zijian Liu, Samuel Kenny, Zachary Fredricks, Jacqueline Krim Preview Abstract

Session W26: Computational Applications and Methods II

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Ryan Steele, University of Utah
Room: 204A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W26.00001: Spin-Polarized Nonadiabatic Dynamics with Local Basis Sets Robert Hoyt, Grigory Kolesov, Georgios Tritsaris, Oscar Granas, Efthimios Efthimios Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W26.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W26.00003: Ultrafast Electron-Ion Dynamics Near Aluminum Surfaces Andre Schleife, Kai Wells, Sam Knewstub Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W26.00004: New spectroscopic approaches for periodic systems Sandra Luber Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W26.00005: Polarons in rutile TiO2 surfaces: a non-adiabatic excited-state dynamics study Grigory Kolesov, Dmitry Vinichenko, Georgios Tritsaris, Cynthia Friend, Efthimios Kaxiras Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W26.00006: TDDFT+DMFT analysis of excitations and relaxation dynamics in alpha-Ce Syed Islamuddin Shah, Volodymyr Turkowski, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W26.00007: Auger Relaxation of Hot Electrons in CdSe Quantum Dots using GFSH Dhara Trivedi, Linjun Wang, Oleg Prezhdo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W26.00008: New Developments in Ab Initio Multiple Spawning for Efficient Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics Basile F.E. Curchod, Aaron Sisto, David R. Glowacki, Todd J. Mart\'{I}nez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W26.00009: Effects of Thermal and Quantum Fluctuations on Dipole-moment distribution of $H_2O$ molecules in ice $I_h$ Pedro Moreira, Maurice de Koning Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W26.00010: Screened Hybrid Exact Exchange Schemes to Adsorption Energies on Perovskite Oxides Elton Santos, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Jens K. Norskov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W26.00011: Kinetic compensation effect in thermal desorption Nayeli Zuniga-Hansen, Leonardo E. Silbert, Mercedes Calbi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W26.00012: First principles molecular dynamics simulations of the static, dynamic and electronic properties of the liquid silver-tin alloy Lazaro Calderin, David Gonzalez, Luis E. Gonzalez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W26.00013: Orbital-free ab initio molecular dynamics study of the free liquid surface of Sn. From pseudopotential generation to structural and dynamic properties Beatriz Gonzalez del Rio, Luis Enrique Gonzalez Tesedo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W26.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W26.00015: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W27: Charge Transport and Plasmonics

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: David Nesbitt, University of Colorado at Boulder
Room: 204B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W27.00001: Lifetimes for fast charge transfer of core excited molecules on gold and graphene Gian Paolo Brivio, Guido Fratesi, He Lin, Abhilash Ravikumar, Olgun Adak, Latha Venkataraman, Gregor Kladnik, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W27.00002: Rhodium Nanoparticles for Ultraviolet Plasmonics Anne Watson, Xiao Zhang, Rodrigo Alcaraz de la Osa, Juan Sanz, Francisco Fernandez, Fernando Moreno, Gleb Finkelstein, Jie Liu, Henry Everitt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W27.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W27.00004: Analyzing biphasic surface plasmon resonance data Purushottam Tiwari, Xuewen Wang, Jin He, Yesim Darici Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W27.00005: Two-Photon Optical Properties of AIE-active D-TPE-A Molecules: Aggregation Enhancement and Structure-Property Relationships Yilin Zhang, Jie Li, Ben Zhong Tang, Kam Sing Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W27.00006: Simple and accurate method for time-dependent transport along nanoscale junctions Ignacio Franco, Thorsten Hansen, Liping Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W27.00007: Revealing intra-molecular transient dynamics in junctions by mean of Noise spectroscopy Maicol Ochoa, Yoram Selzer, Uri Peskin, Michael Galperin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W27.00008: Beyond the Lorentzian Model in Quantum Transport: Energy-Dependent Resonance Broadening in Molecular Junctions Zhenfei Liu, Jeffrey B. Neaton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W27.00009: Quantum model of capacitance of nanostructures Junqiang Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W27.00010: Finding Destructive Interference Features in Molecular Transport Junctions Matthew Reuter, Thorsten Hansen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W27.00011: The role of dimensionality on the molecule-lead coupling in molecular electronic junctions Tamar Zelovich, Leeor Kronik, Oded Hod Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W27.00012: `Soft' amplifier circuits based on field-effect ionic transistors Niels Boon, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W27.00013: Curl flux, coherence, and population landscape of molecular systems: Nonequilibrium quantum steady state, energy (charge) transport, and thermodynamics Zhedong Zhang, Jin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W27.00014: EPR Studies of orthorhombic Jahn-Teller effect in single crystal of ferroelectric Cu(II):Cd$_{2}$(NH$_{4})_{2}$(SO$_{4})_{3}$ Yerima Benson, Dilip De Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W27.00015: Probing molecular dynamics at the nanoscale via an individual paramagnetic center Tobias Staudacher, Nicole Raatz, Sebastien Pezzagna, Jan Meijer, Friedemann Reinhard, Carlos Meriles, Joerg Wrachtrup Preview Abstract

Session W28: Focus Session: Spin Caloritronics

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Geoffrey Beach, Massachusetts Insititute of Technology
Room: 205

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W28.00001: Spin-current phenomena at high magnetic fields and high temperatures Invited Speaker: Ken-ichi Uchida Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W28.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W28.00003: Spin current draining effect on heat-driven spin transport Yadong Xu, Bowen Yang, Chi Tang, Zilong Jiang, Jing Shi, Michael Schneider, Renu Whig Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W28.00004: Mechanism of the two sign changes in the spin Seebeck effect of a compensated ferrimagnet Yuichi Ohnuma, Hiroto Adachi, Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W28.00005: The effect of magnetic anisotropy on spin-dependent thermoelectric effects in nanoscopic systems Maciej Misiorny, J\'{o}zef Barna\'{s} Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W28.00006: Optical detection of Spin-Seebeck Effect in Ferromagnetic thin films Ryan McLaughlin, Dali Sun, Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W28.00007: Separation of the inverse spin Hall effect and anomalous Nernst effect in a single ferromagnetic metal using on-chip spin Seebeck devices Stephen Wu, Jason Hoffman, John Pearson, Anand Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W28.00008: Thermal Hall Effect of Spins in a Paramagnet Hyunyong Lee, Jung Hoon Han, Patrick Lee Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W28.00009: Ultrafast Time-correlated Measurements of Spin-Seebeck effect in Yttrium Iron Garnet John Jamison, Brandon Giles, Zihao Yang, Roberto Myers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W28.00010: Spatiotemporal Imaging of Gigahertz Frequency Magnetization Dynamics Using the Time Resolved Anomalous Nernst Effect Jason Bartell, Darryl Ngai, Zhaoqi Leng, G.D. Fuchs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W28.00011: Non-local thermal spin injection: Mapping the magnon spin diffusion length in Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) Brandon L. Giles, Zihao Yang, John Jamison, Roberto C. Myers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W28.00012: Finite-element modeling of thermal gradients during non-local thermal spin injection Zihao Yang, Brandon Giles, John Jamison, Roberto Myers Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W28.00013: Effects of heat current on magnetization dynamics Francesco Antonio Vetro, Sylvain Brechet, Jean-Philippe Ansermet Preview Abstract

Session W29: Focus Session: Spin-Dependent Physics in Carbon-Based Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Olaf van’t Erve, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 206A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W29.00001: Extrinsic spin Hall effect in graphene Invited Speaker: Tatiana Rappoport Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W29.00002: Inverse Spin Hall Voltage in Organic Semiconductors with Tunable Spin-Orbit Coupling Dali Sun, Kipp van Schooten, Hans Malissa, Marzieh Kavand, Chuang Zhang, Christoph Boehme, Z. Valy Vardeny Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W29.00003: Neutral currents probed by non-local transport in graphene with 5 \textit{d} metal adatoms Yilin Wang, Xinghan Cai, Shudong Xiao, Wenzhong Bao, Janice Reutt-Robey, Michael Fuhrer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W29.00004: Theory of spin relaxation in bilayer graphene. Denis Kochan, Susanne Irmer, Martin Gmitra, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W29.00005: Spin-orbit coupling in fluorinated graphene Susanne Irmer, Tobias Frank, Sebastian Putz, Martin Gmitra, Denis Kochan, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W29.00006: Simultaneous magnetic force microscopy and electrical transport measurements of a graphene non-local spin valve Michael Page, Andrew Berger, Hua Wen, Vidya Bhallamudi, Roland Kawakami, P. Chris Hammel Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		W29.00007: Spintronics in hybrid organic/inorganic heterojunctions Shayan Hemmatiyan, Erik McNellis, Jairo Sinova Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W29.00008: Bias Dependence of Tunneling Spin Injection into Graphene Tiancong Zhu, Hua Wen, Walid Amamou, Zhisheng Lin, Jing Shi, Roland Kawakami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W29.00009: Tunable Magnetic Proximity Effects in Graphene Junctions Predrag Lazic, Kirill Belashchenko, Igor Zutic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W29.00010: Giant Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy of Graphene-Co Heterostructures Hongxin Yang, Ali Hallal, Mairbek Chshiev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W29.00011: Spin and charge transport across cobalt/graphene interfaces Mairbek Chshiev, Alan Kalitsov, Oleg Mryasov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W29.00012: Blocking of spin transport between Ni$_{80}$Fe$_{20}$ and Cu by a graphene interlayer Will Gannett, Mark W. Keller, Tom Silva, Hans Nembach, Ann Chiaramonti Debay Preview Abstract

Session W30: Focus Session: Frontiers in Magnetism I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Christian Binek, University of Nebraska
Room: 206B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W30.00001: Antiferromagnetic coupling in ferrimagnetic hard-soft core/shell nanoparticles Invited Speaker: Josep Nogues Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W30.00002: Electronic, magnetic and oxidation properties of Co and Co$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Ni$_{\mathrm{x}}$ subnanoscopic cylinders Eugenio Vogel, J. Martin Montejano-Carrizales, Fautino Aguilera-Granja Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W30.00003: Structure and magnetic properties of Co/CoO core-shell nanowires Kinjal Gandha, Kevin Elkins, Narayan Poudyal, J. Ping Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W30.00004: Chemical Synthesis of Iron-Nickel Nanoparticles Frank Abel, Vasilias Tzitzios, George Hadjipanayis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W30.00005: Voltage-Tunable Magnetic Stability in a Ni Nanoparticle Patrick Gartland, Wenchao Jiang, Dragomir Davidovic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W30.00006: Engineered diamond nanopillars as mobile probes for high sensitivity metrology in fluid P. Andrich, C.F. de las Casas, F.J. Heremans, D.D. Awschalom, B.J. Aleman, K. Ohno, J.C. Lee, E.L. Hu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W30.00007: Controlling Quantum Nanomagnets with Atomic Exchange Bias Shichao Yan, Deung-Jang Choi, Jacob Burgess, Steffen Rolf-Pissarczyk, Sebastian Loth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W30.00008: High temperature magnetic phase transitions and exchange bias effect of FeSiCr alloy Xin Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W30.00009: Determination of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant from the frequency dependence of the specific absorption rate in a frozen ferrofluid Nathaniel Mosher, Emily Perkins-Harbin, Brandon Aho, Lihua Wang, Ronald Kumon, Corneliu Rablau, Prem Vaishnava, Ronald Tackett Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W30.00010: Ballistic Anisotropic Magnetoresistance of Single-Atom Contacts F. Otte, J. Sch\"oneberg, A. Weismann, R. Berndt, S. Heinze, N. N\'eel, J. Kr\"oger, Y. Mokrousov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W30.00011: Quantum Molecular Magnetism Sylvain Brechet, Francois Reuse, Klaus Maschke, Jean-Philippe Ansermet Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W30.00012: Using the binding site to control the magnetic and spintronic properties of a single magnetic molecule in a tunnel junction Ben Warner, Fadi El Hallak, Henning Prueser, Tobias G. Gill, John Sharp, Andrew J. Fisher, Mats Persson, Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W30.00013: Stability of spin-electric coupling in triangular single-molecule magnets under external contacts Fhokrul Islam, Javier Nossa, Carlo Canali, Mark Pederson Preview Abstract

Session W31: Focus Session: Spin-Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: Spins in Quantum Dots and Impurities

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Jason Petta, Princeton University
Room: 207A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W31.00001: Extreme Harmonic Generation in Electrically Driven Spin Resonance Invited Speaker: Jiri Stehlik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W31.00002: Spin relaxation of conduction electrons by inelastic scattering with neutral donors Lan Qing, Hanan Dery, Jing Li, Ian Appelbaum Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W31.00003: Single-shot readout and relaxation measurements in exchange coupled $^{31}P$ electron spins in silicon Juan Pablo Dehollain, Juha Muhonen, Kuan Tan, Andre Saraiva, David Jamieson, Andrew Dzurak, Andrea Morello Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W31.00004: g-Factors of Electrons, Holes and Excitons in Type-II ZnTe/ZnSe Submonolayer Quantum Dots Haojie Ji, Siddharth Dhomkar, Jonathan Ludwig, Dmitry Smirnov, Maria Tamargo, Igor Kuskovsky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W31.00005: Competition between applied and exchange magnetic fields in (Zn,Mn)Se/ZnTe quantum dots Biplob Barman, Y. Tsai, T. Scrace, I. Zutic, B.D. McCombe, A. Petrou, W-C Chou, M-H Tsou, C-S Yang, I.R. Sellers, R. Oszwaldowski Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W31.00006: Spin structure of germanene quantum dot as a function of normal electric field Apalkov Vadym, Venkata Chaganti Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W31.00007: Structure determination of individual electron-nuclear spin complexes in a solid-state matrix Abdelghani Laraoui, Daniela Pagliero, Carlos Meriles Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W31.00008: Anomalous B-field Dependence of Spin-flip Time in High Purity InP Xiayu Linpeng, Todd Karin, Russell Barbour, Mikhail Glazov, Kai-Mei Fu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W31.00009: Spin dynamics in a quantum point contact showing the 0.7-anomaly Jan von Delft, Florian Bauer, Jan Heyder, Dennis Schimmel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W31.00010: Optimal quantum control via numerical pulse shape optimization for two exciton qubits confined to semiconductor quantum dots Reuble Mathew, Hong Yi Shi Yang, Kimberley Hall Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W31.00011: Spin Manipulation through geometric phase in III-V semiconductor quantum dots Sanjay Prbahakar, Roderick Melnik Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W31.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W31.00013: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract

Session W32: Focus Session: Iridates

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Sae-Hwan Chun, Argonne National Laboratory
Room: 207B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W32.00001: Temperature and bias dependence of anisotropic magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ Heidi Seinige, Cheng Wang, Gang Cao, Jian-Shi Zhou, John B. Goodenough, Maxim Tsoi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W32.00002: The Evolution of Electronic Structure in Electron and Hole-Doped Sr2IrO4 Yue Cao, Xiuwen Zhang, Haoxiang Li, Xiaoqing Zhou, Rajendra Dhaka, Nicholas Plumb, Tongfei Qi, Jasminka Terzic, Alex Zunger, Gang Cao, D. S. Dessau Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W32.00003: Electrically tunable transport in antiferromagnetic Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ Cheng Wang, Heidi Seinige, Gang Cao, Jian-Shi Zhou, John B. Goodenough, Maxim Tsoi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W32.00004: A hidden non-dipolar magnetic order parameter in Sr$_{2}$IrO$_{4}$ observed using nonlinear optical measurements Liuyan Zhao, Vsevolod Ivanov, Darius Torchinsky, Hao Chu, Ron Lifshitz, Rebecca Flint, Tongfei Qi, Gang Cao, David Hsieh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W32.00005: Fermi arcs vs Fermi pockets in Perovskite Iridates: A first principles study Hasnain Hafiz, Junfeng He, T.R. Mion, T. Hogan, C. Dhital, X. Chen, Q. Lin, M. Hashimoto, D.H. Lu, Y. Zhang, R.S. Markiewicz, S.D. Wilson, Rui-hua He, A. Bansil Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W32.00006: $^{23}$Na and $^{17}$O NMR studies of hyperkagome Na$_4$Ir$_3$O$_8$ Abigail Shockley, Fabrice Bert, Jean-Christophe Orain, Yoshihiko Okamoto, Philippe Mendels Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W32.00007: 55~Tesla coercive magnetic field in frustrated Sr$_3$NiIrO$_6$ John Singleton, Jae-Wook Kim, Craig Topping, Anders Hansen, Eun-Deok Mun, Saman Ghannadzadeh, Paul Goddard, Xuan Luo, Yoon Seok Oh, Sang-Wook Cheong, Vivien Zapf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W32.00008: Canted Antiferromagnetism and Unusual Intermediate Phase in Double Perovskite Iridates (La$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{x}}$)$_{2}$ZnIrO$_{6}$ Wenka Zhu, Wei Tong, Chi-Ken Lu, Jinmei Wang, Shixiong Zhang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W32.00009: Mapping the phase diagram of (Sr$_{1-x}$ La$_x$)$_{3}$ Ir$_2$ O $_7$ Tom Hogan, Zahra Yamani, Zac Ward, Stephen Wilson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W32.00010: Electronic Structure near Metal-Insulator Transition in Sr$_{3-x}$La$_{x}$Ir$_{2}$O$_{7}$ Gregory Affeldt, Tom Hogan, Christopher Smallwood, Tanmoy Das, Sung-Kwan Mo, Stephen Wilson, Alessandra Lanzara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W32.00011: Direct Observation of Magnetic Frustration via Bond-directional Interactions in a Honeycomb Lattice Iridate Na$_{2}$IrO$_{3}$ Sae Hwan Chun, H. Zheng, C. Stoumpos, C. Malliakas, J.F. Mitchell, Jong-Woo Kim, Jungho Kim, Y. Choi, T. Gog, Kavita Mehlawat, Yogesh Singh, A. Al-Zein, M. Morreti Sala, M. Krisch, J. Chaloupka, G. Jackeli, G. Khaliullin, B.J. Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W32.00012: Short-range correlations in the magnetic ground state of $Na_{4} Ir_{3} O_{8} $ Rebecca Dally, Tom Hogan, Alex Amato, Hubertus Luetkens, Chris Baines, Jose Rodriguez-Rivera, Michael Graf, Stephen Wilson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W32.00013: Ultrafast reflectivity dynamics in the honeycomb iridates James Hinton, Shreyas Patankar, Eric Thewalt, Jake Koralek, Alejandro Ruiz, Gilbert Lopez, Nicholas Breznay, James Analytis, Joseph Orenstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W32.00014: Magnetic order in the frustrated Ising-like chain compound Sr$_3$NiIrO$_6$ E. Lefran\c{c}ois, L.C. Chapon, V. Simonet, P. Lejay, R. Ballou, S. Rayaprol, E.V. Sampathkumaran, D. Khalyavin, D.T. Adroja Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W32.00015: Magnetotransport in BaIrO$_{3}$ Jennifer Trinh, Joshua Flynn, Mas Subramanian, Arthur Ramirez Preview Abstract

Session W33: Focus Session: Conformations and Dynamics of Biopolymers III

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY
Chair: Jeffrey Noel, Rice University
Room: 208

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W33.00001: Non-Gaussian Distribution of DNA Barcode Extension In Nanochannels Using High-throughput Imaging Julian Sheats, Wesley Reinhart, Jeff Reifenberger, Damini Gupta, Abhiram Muralidhar, Han Cao, Kevin Dorfman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W33.00002: Simulation of Microtubules: Mechanical properties Mark Stevens Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W33.00003: Small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering reveal conformational changes in rhodopsin activation Utsab R. Shrestha, Debsindhu Bhowmik, Suchitrhanga M.C.D. Perera, Udeep Chawla, Andrey V. Struts, Vito Graziono, Sai Venkatesh Pingali, William T. Heller, Shuo Qian, Michael F. Brown, Xiang-Qiang Chu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W33.00004: Effects of Uniaxial Strain on Shear Moduli of Semiflexible Polymer Networks Invited Speaker: Paul Janmey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W33.00005: Emergence of attraction in simulations of coarse-grained double stranded DNA Shahzad Ghanbarian, Joerg Rottler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W33.00006: Capturing Transition Paths and Transition States for Conformational Rearrangements in the Ribosome Jeffrey Noel, Jorge Chahine, Vitor Leite, Paul Whitford Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W33.00007: Study on the stability of the DNA hairpin d(ATCCAT-GTTA-TAGGAT) employing molecular dynamics simulation Sangwook Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W33.00008: Effect of solvent viscosity on driven translocation of a semi-flexible polymer through a nanopore Ramesh Adhikari, Aniket Bhattacharya Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W33.00009: Spontaneous curvature in chiral polar filaments near interfaces Peter D. Olmsted, Emily E. Riley, Sophia Jordens, Ivan Usov, Lucio Isa, Raffaele Mezzenga Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W33.00010: Adsorption of Helical Polymers on a Substrate Matthew Williams Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W33.00011: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W33.00012: Elasticity of 3D networks with rigid filaments and compliant crosslinks Knut M. Heidemann, Abhinav Sharma, Florian Rehfeldt, Christoph F. Schmidt, Max Wardetzky Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W33.00013: Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the alpha-helix to Beta-barrel Conformational Transformation in RfaH Jeevan GC, Yuba Bhandari, Bernard Gerstman, Prem Chapagain Preview Abstract

Session W35: Colloidal Clusters, Interactions, and Synthesis

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT
Chair: Robert Hoy, University of South Florida
Room: 210B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W35.00001: Structure and dynamics of model colloidal clusters with short-range attractions Krystle Quinn, Robert Hoy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W35.00002: Ground States and Folding Dynamics of Colloidal Clusters Ellen Klein, W. Benjamin Rogers, Vinothan N. Manoharan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W35.00003: Re-shaping colloidal clusters Daniela Kraft Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W35.00004: Counterion-Mediated Assembly of Spherical Nucleic Acid-Au Nanoparticle Conjugates (SNA-AuNPs) Sumit Kewalramani, Liane Moreau, Guillermo Guerrero-Garc\'Ia, Chad Mirkin, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Michael Bedzyk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W35.00005: Measuring colloidal charges in low polar media from statistics of particle trajectories Daniel Evans, Andrew Hollingsworth, David Grier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W35.00006: Does Suspension Crowding Screen Hydrodynamic Interactions? Yu Su, Roseanna N. Zia, James W. Swan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W35.00007: Pair Interactions of Superhydrophobic Colloids at an Oil-Aqueous Phase Interface Colm Kelleher, Anna Wang, Ivan Guerrero, Bhaskar Krishnatreya, Andrew Hollingsworth, David Grier, Vinothan Manoharan, Paul Chaikin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W35.00008: Precise measurement of surface plasmon forces at a metal-dielectric interface using a calibrated evanescent wave Lulu Liu, Alex Woolf Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W35.00009: Osmotic equilibrium of colloidal nanoparticles transiently confined in an optical trap Jinxin Fu, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W35.00010: Determination of colloidal osmotic equation of state by dielectrophoresis Jacob Mazza, Hao Huang, H. Daniel Ou-Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W35.00011: Differential Dynamic Microscopy of Weakly Scattering and Polydisperse Protein Rich Clusters Jacinta Conrad, Mohammad Safari, Peter Vekilov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W35.00012: Fast Holographic Characterization of Dimpled Spheres Mark Hannel, Christine Middleton, David Grier Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W35.00013: Highly uniform polyhedral colloids formed by colloidal crystal templating Yifan Wang, James McGinley, John Crocker Preview Abstract

Session W36: New Developments in Cold Atom Physics

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Meera Parish, Monash University
Room: 211

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W36.00001: Quantifying fermionic decoherence in many-particle systems Arnab Kar, Ignacio Franco Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W36.00002: High Resolution Neutral Atom Microscope Igal Bucay, Rodrigo Castillo-Garza, Georgios Stratis, Mark Raizen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W36.00003: Feshbach Modulation Spectroscopy James Freericks, Andreas Dirks, Hulikal Krishnamurthy, Karlis Mikelsons Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W36.00004: Quantum Melting in a Polariton Lattice Alexander Edelman, Peter Littlewood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W36.00005: Quantum fluctuations and gapped Goldstone modes in spinor Bose-Einstein condensates Aron Beekman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W36.00006: Emergent dual space-time geometry for free fermions Ching Hua Lee, Xiao-Liang Qi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W36.00007: Supersymmetry in quantum optics and in spin-orbit coupled systems Michael Tomka, Mikhail Pletyukhov, Vladimir Gritsev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W36.00008: Magnetization and Transport Properties for Particles in Spin Textures Timothy McCormick, Nandini Trivedi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W36.00009: Emergent Magnetic Monopole Charges in a Two Qubit System Tiago Grangeiro Souza Barbosa Lima, Michael Kolodrubetz, Anatoli Polkovnikov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W36.00010: Entropy flow in quantum heat engines Mohammad Ansari, Yuli Nazarov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W36.00011: Dynamics of Noisy Quantum Systems in the Heisenberg Picture: Application to the Stability of Fractional Charge Armin Rahmani Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W36.00012: Fermions in a harmonic trap with spin-imbalanced filling Denis Morath, Stefan A. Soeffing, Sebastian Eggert Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W36.00013: Many-Body Transition in a Spin-Orbit Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensate Jeffrey T.F. Poon, Xiong-Jun Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W36.00014: Landau-Zener transitions in a two-level system that is coupled to a finite-temperature harmonic oscillator Sahel Ashhab Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W36.00015: Effects of nonmagnetic impurities on BCS-BEC crossover in atomic Fermi gases Yanming Che, Qijin Chen Preview Abstract

Session W37: Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubits - Gated Dots and Impurities II

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Charles Tahan, Laboratory for Physical Sciences
Room: 212A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W37.00001: Theory of the Quantum Dot Hybrid Qubit Invited Speaker: Mark Friesen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W37.00002: Rabi oscillations at different tunnel couplings for an ac-gated quantum dot qubit Brandur Thorgrimsson, Dohun Kim, C.B. Simmons, Daniel R. Ward, Ryan H. Foote, D.E. Savage, M.G. Lagally, Mark Friesen, S.N. Coppersmith, M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W37.00003: Single-electron spin resonance in a Si/SiGe double quantum dot with a micromagnet Kenta Takeda, Jun Kamioka, Toshiaki Obata, Tomohiro Otsuka, Takashi Nakajima, Matthieu Delbecq, Shinichi Amaha, Jun Yoneda, Akito Noiri, Retsu Sugawara, Tetsuo Kodera, Shunri Oda, Seigo Tarucha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W37.00004: Hybrid Spin and Valley Quantum Computing with Singlet-Triplet Qubits Niklas Rohling, Maximilian Russ, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W37.00005: Singlet-triplet donor-quantum-dot qubit in silicon Patrick Harvey-Collard, Gregory A. Ten Eyck, Joel R. Wendt, Tammy Pluym, Michael P. Lilly, Malcolm S. Carroll, Michel Pioro-Ladri\`ere Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W37.00006: Coupling a Si/SiGe quantum dot to an implanted phosphorus donor Ryan H. Foote, Daniel R. Ward, Brandur Thorgrimsson, J.R. Prance, Andre Saraiva, D.E. Savage, Mark Friesen, S.N. Coppersmith, M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W37.00007: Few electron quantum dot coupling to donor implanted electron spins Martin Rudolph, Patrick Harvey-Collard, Erik Neilson, John Gamble, Richard Muller, Toby Jacobson, Greg Ten-Eyck, Joel Wendt, Tammy Pluym, Michael Lilly, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W37.00008: Device-Level Models Using Multi-Valley Effective Mass Andrew D. Baczewski, Adam Frees, John King Gamble, Xujiao Gao, N. Tobias Jacobson, John A. Mitchell, In\`{e}s Monta\~{n}o, Richard P. Muller, Erik Nielsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W37.00009: Multi-valley effective mass theory for device-level modeling of open quantum dynamics N. Tobias Jacobson, Andrew D. Baczewski, Adam Frees, John King Gamble, Ines Montano, Jonathan E. Moussa, Richard P. Muller, Erik Nielsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W37.00010: Multi-valley effective mass treatment of donor-dot tunneling in silicon Adam Frees, Andrew D. Baczewski, John King Gamble, N. Tobias Jacobson, Richard P. Muller, Erik Nielsen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W37.00011: Electron spin coherence of shallow donors in germanium A.J. Sigillito, R.M. Jock, A.M. Tyryshkin, K.M. Itoh, S.A. Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W37.00012: Spin ensembles as sensitive probes of environmental magnetic field noise Abraham Asfaw, Gary Wolfowicz, John J. L. Morton, Alexei Tyryshkin, Stephen Lyon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W37.00013: Mechnical tuning of ionized donors in silicon David P. Franke, Florian M. Hrubesch, Markus Kuenzl, Kohei M. Itoh, Felix Hoehne, Lukas Dreher, Martin S. Brandt Preview Abstract

Session W39: Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits: Measurement and Novel Architectures

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: John Martinis, Google Inc, Santa Barbara
Room: 213AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W39.00001: Parity Protection in Flux-Pairing Qubits Wenyuan Zhang, Matthew Bell, Xiaoyue Jin, Lev Ioffe, Michael Gershenson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W39.00002: Adjusting the dc-SQUID working point by a flux trapping loop for readout of gap-tunable flux qubit Xiaobo Zhu, Yulin Wu, Hui Deng, Yarui Zheng, Naheed Akhtar, Jie Fan, Dongning Zheng, Li Lu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W39.00003: cQED readout error from leakage to a neighboring qubit Mostafa Khezri, Justin Dressel, Alexander N. Korotkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W39.00004: Microwave Photon Detection Using an Impedance-Matched $\Lambda$ System Kunihiro Inomata, Zhirong Lin, Kazuki Koshino, William Oliver, JawShen Tsai, Yasunobu Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W39.00005: High-fidelity dispersive readout using squeezed light. Part I Nicolas Didier, Archana Kamal, Samuel Boutin, William D. Oliver, Alexandre Blais, Aashish A. Clerk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W39.00006: High-fidelity dispersive readout using squeezed light. Part II Archana Kamal, Nicolas Didier, Samuel Boutin, Simon Gustavsson, Andrew J. Kerman, William D. Oliver, Terry P. Orlando, Alexandre Blais, Aashish A. Clerk Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W39.00007: Optimal Control of Quantum Measurement for Superconducting Phase Qubits Frank Wilhelm, Daniel Egger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W39.00008: Fast Resonator Depopulation with a Simple Measurement Pulse Shape Douglas McClure, Hanhee Paik, Lev S. Bishop, Jay Gambetta, Matthias Steffen, Jerry Chow Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:42PM		W39.00009: Adjustable Josephson Coupler for Transmon Qubit Measurement Invited Speaker: Evan Jeffrey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W39.00010: Quantum analysis of a bandpass Purcell filter for accurate qubit readout Eyob A. Sete, John M. Martinis, Alexander N. Korotkov Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W39.00011: Characterizing a Superconducting Resonator with Frequency-Compensated Tunable Coupling James Wenner, B. Campbell, Z. Chen, B. Chiaro, A. Dunsworth, I.-C. Hoi, J. Kelly, A. Megrant, C. Neill, P.J.J. O'Malley, C. Quintana, A. Vainsencher, T.C. White, R. Barends, Y. Chen, A.G. Fowler, E. Jeffrey, J.Y. Mutus, P. Roushan, D. Sank, John M. Martinis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W39.00012: Design of a Tunable 3D Microwave Cavity for Use in Coupling to Quantum Superconducting Circuits C.J. Ballard, R.P. Budoyo, K.D. Voigt, J.B. Hertzberg, J.R. Anderson, C.J. Lobb, F.C. Wellstood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W39.00013: Scalable architecture for coherent microwave control of weakly anharmonic qubits Duije Deurloo, Wouter Vlothuizen, Leo DiCarlo Preview Abstract

Session W41: Polymer Nanocomposites II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Shengfeng Cheng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Room: 214A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W41.00001: Liquid crystal self-assembly of zirconium phosphate nanosheet in polymeric matrix Xiayun Huang, Xuezhen Wang, Zhengdong Cheng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W41.00002: Raman, UV-Vis, and Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering Investigations on Polyvinylidene Fluoride -- Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ Nanocomposites Jerry Contreras, Ibrahim Elamin, Jason Parsons, Dorina M. Chipara, James Hinthorne, Karen Lozano, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W41.00003: Synergistic templated self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals in thin block copolymer films Danielle Grolman, Jeffrey Gilman, Chelsea Davis, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W41.00004: Raman and Wide Angle X-Ray Studies on Polystyrene-Block Polyisoprene-Block Polystyrene - Graphene Nanocomposites Dorina Chipara, Oscar M. Guerrero, Alejandra Gonzalez, Brian Yust, Ibrahim Elamin, James Hinthorne, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W41.00005: Computations Related to Nanoparticle Characterization and Nanocomposite Property Estimation Fernando Vargas-Lara, Ahmed Hassan, Edward Garboczi, Jack F. Douglas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W41.00006: Differential Scanning Calorimetry Investigations on Polyvinylidene Fluoride -- Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ Nanocomposites Samantha Salinas, Robert Jones, Dorina M. Chipara, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		W41.00007: Characteristics of vinyl-ester and carbon fiber composite dry and wet probe by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy Mahmoud Madani, Richard D. Granata Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W41.00008: Raman Spectroscopy of Poly-Urea Formaldehyde Microcapsules Omar Espino, Dorina Chipara, Mircea Chipara, Melissa Martinez Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W41.00009: Controlling the dispersion and configuration of nanofillers in electrically driven polymer jets with and without air flow Yevgen Zhmayev, Yong Joo, Jay Park, Ling Fei, Prabhleen Kaur, Hongshen Liu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W41.00010: Flow Effect on Alignment of MWCNTs in Polymer Nanocomposites Mashael Alghamdi, Georgi Georgiev, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W41.00011: Polymer Morphology and Crystallinity close to Inorganic Surfaces Kiriaki Chrissopoulou, Hellen Papananou, Spiros H. Anastasiadis, Konstantinos S. Andrikopoulos, George A. Voyiatzis Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W41.00012: The path to achieving molecular dispersion in an extremely dense reactive mixture Jigneshkumar Patel, Zou Xiang, Shaw Hsu, Andrew Schoch Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W41.00013: Polymer/Pristine Graphene Based Composites: From Emulsions to Strong, Electrically Conducting Foams Steven Woltornist, Jan-Michael Carrillo, Thomas Xu, Andrey Dobrynin, Douglas Adamson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W41.00014: Organic-Inorganic Shish-Kebabs: Nanocrystal Kebabs Periodically Assembled on Stretched Flexible Polymer Shish Zhiqun Lin, Hui Xu, Yuci Xu, Xinchang Pang, Yanjie He, Jaehan Jung, Haiping Xia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W41.00015: Strain-Tunable One Dimensional Photonic Crystals Based on Zirconium Dioxide/Slide-Ring Elastomer Nanocomposites for Mechanochromic Sensing Irene Howell, Cheng Li, Nicholas Colella, Kohzo Ito, James Watkins Preview Abstract

Session W42: Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling of Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Janna Maranas, Pennsylvania State University
Room: 214B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W42.00001: Coarse graining of polystyrene sulfonate Dvora Perahia, Anupriya Agrawal, Gary S. Grest Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W42.00002: Morphology and Dynamics of Tapered Diblock Copolymers from fDFT-initialized MD Simulations Lisa M. Hall, Youngmi Seo, Jonathan R. Brown Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W42.00003: Properties of Coarse-Grained Polymer Models: Statics, Dynamics, and Crystallinity Gary Grest, K. Michael Salerno, Anupriya Agrawal, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W42.00004: Thermodynamically Consistent Coarse-Graining of Polymers Invited Speaker: Marina Guenza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W42.00005: Modelling and multiscale simulations of meta aromatic polyurea: microscopic geometry and dielectric properties Rui Dong, Vivek Ranjan, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Jerzy Bernholc Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W42.00006: The conditional reversible work method for molecular coarse graining of soft matter Nico van der Vegt, Emiliano Brini, Gregor Deichmann Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W42.00007: Systematic and Simulation-Free Coarse Graining of Polymeric Systems: A Structure-based Study Delian Yang, Qiang Wang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W42.00008: Systematic and Simulation-Free Coarse Graining of Polymeric Systems: A Relative-Entropy-based Study Qiang Wang, Delian Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W42.00009: A proposed method for directed self-assembly of graphene nanoribbons James Geraets, Reidun Twarock, Yvette Hancock Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W42.00010: Universal aspects of conformations and transverse fluctuations of a two-dimensional semi-flexible chain Hsiao-Ping Hsu, Aiqun Huang, Aniket Bhattacharya, Kurt Binder Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W42.00011: Stretching wormlike chain: interplay between chain stiffness and excluded volume in the long chain limit Xiaolan Li, Abhiram Muralidhar, Charles Schroeder, Kevin Dorfman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W42.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W42.00013: Accelerated dynamics of bead-spring polymer chains Gopinath Subramanian Preview Abstract

Session W43: Focus Session: Dynamics of Glassy Polymers Under Confinement III

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: David Simmons, University of Akron
Room: 214C

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W43.00001: Molecular-weight Dependent Tg Depression of Silica-supported Poly(alpha-methyl styrene) Films Ophelia Tsui, Kun Geng Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W43.00002: Influence of the chemical structure on the slip boundary condition of liquids Mischa Klos, Sebastian Backes, Juan Manuel Castillo Sanchez, Martin Horsch, Hans Hasse, Karin Jacobs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W43.00003: New paradigm for stabilization of liquid polymer films on solids Tad Koga, Naisheng Jiang, Jiaxun Wang, Xiaoyu Di, Justin Cheung, Maya Endoh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W43.00004: Approach to universal self-similar attractor for the levelling of thin liquid films Elie Raphael, Michael Benzaquen, Paul Fowler, Laetitia Jubin, Thomas Salez, Kari Dalnoki-Veress Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W43.00005: Confinement Effects with Films of Nonlinear Polystyrene Mark Foster, Qiming He, Suresh Narayanan, David Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W43.00006: The Dynamics of a Polymer Confined in Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanopore Gi Xue, Ye Sa Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W43.00007: The effect of surface chemistry on the glass transition of amorphous polycarbonate inside cylindrical nanopores Dariya Reid, Marcela Alves Freire, Jodie Lutkenhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W43.00008: Large-scale diffusion of entangled polymers along nanochannels Kay Saalwachter, Frank Lange, Martin Steinhart, Patrick Judeinstein Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W43.00009: Nanoscale pattern fidelity and transfer of hierarchically patterned thermoplastics films Ying Chen, Manish Kulkarni, Allan Marshall, Jack Douglas, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W43.00010: Elevated single polymer surface diffusion on a film near its glass transition temperature Mark Geoghegan, Matthew Mears, Christopher Clarkson, Zhenyu Zhang, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W43.00011: Local Glass Transition Temperature Gradients Near Polymer-Polymer Interfaces Roman Baglay, Connie Roth Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W43.00012: Free Surface and Interfacial Effects on Tg Confinement Behavior of Template Supported Nanotubes Anthony Tan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W43.00013: Residual Stress Relaxation and Stiffness-Confinement Effects in Polymer Films: Characterization by Non-Contact Ellipsometry and Fluorescence Techniques Shadid Askar, John Torkelson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W43.00014: Can a reduction in mass transport occur at invariant segmental time? Simone Napolitano, Michele Sferrazza Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W43.00015: Physical Properties of PC-PMMA Multilayers Arifur Rahman, Eric Baer, Alin Cristian Chipara, Robert Vajtai, Pullickel M. Ajayan, James Hinthorne, Ibrahim Elamin, Mircea Chipara Preview Abstract

Session W44: Focus Session: Jamming in Granular Media I

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT GSNP
Chair: Corey O'Hern, Yale University
Room: 214D

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W44.00001: Cyclically sheared foams Merlijn van Deen, Vera Janssen, Alexander Siemens, Martin van Hecke Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W44.00002: Imaging Force Anisotropy in 3D Sheared Granular Media Joshua Dijksman, Marcel Workamp Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W44.00003: Scaling of Force Networks for Compressed Particulate Systems Lenka Kovalcinova, Arnaud Goullet, Lou Kondic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W44.00004: Steady State Shear Driven Flow of Frictionless Spherocylindrical~Particles in Two Dimensions Daniel Van Hoesen, Theodore Marschall, Scott Franklin, Stephen Teitel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W44.00005: Fraction of clogging configurations in granular hopper flow Charles Thomas, Douglas Durian Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W44.00006: Sub-Jamming Transition in Jammed Binary Sphere Mixtures Ishan Prasad, Christian Santangelo, Gregory Grason Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W44.00007: A Unified Framework to Understand Shear Induced Rigidity in Athermal Materials Invited Speaker: Sumantra Sarkar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W44.00008: Effect of Friction on Shear Jamming Dong Wang, Jie Ren, Joshua Dijksman, Jonathan Bares, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W44.00009: Clogging and Jamming Transitions in Granular Matter Flowing Through Obstacles Cynthia Olson Reichhardt, Charles Reichhardt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W44.00010: Diffusion in jammed particle packs Dan S. Bolintineanu, Leonardo E. Silbert, Gary S. Grest, Jeremy B. Lechman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W44.00011: Statistics and Correlations of Conserved Quantities in Mechanically Stable Packings of Frictionless Disks Above Jamming Stephen Teitel, Yegang Wu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W44.00012: Shear Jamming in Frictionless Particulate Media Thibault Bertrand, Corey S. O'Hern, R.P. Behringer, Bulbul Chakraborty, Mark D. Shattuck Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W44.00013: Jammed elastic shells - a 3D experimental soft frictionless granular system Jissy Jose, Gerhard A. Blab, Alfons van Blaaderen, Arnout Imhof Preview Abstract

Session W45: Structure and Phase Behavior of Charged and Ion Containing Polymers

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Anupriya Agrawal, Clemson University
Room: 216AB

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W45.00001: A molecular simulation study on salt response of polyelectrolyte complexes Hanne Antila, Paul Van Tassel, Maria Sammalkorpi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W45.00002: Coarse-grained Molecular Simulation Studies of Complexation of Sulfobetaine-Lysine Copolymer and DNA for Gene Delivery Ahmadreza F. Ghobadi, Arthi Jayaraman Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W45.00003: Experiments of salt concentration effects on translocation dynamics of polyelectrolytes passing through alpha-hemolysin pore Byoung-jin Jeon, Murugappan Muthukumar Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W45.00004: Salt Effects on the Structure and Stability of Ionizable Polydots - SANS Study Naresh Osti, Sidath Wijesinghe, Manjula Senanayake, Anuradhi Wickramasinghe, Thusitha Etampawala, Dvora Perahia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W45.00005: Ionic Effect on Conformational Structure of Weak Polyelectrolyte in Dilute Solution: from Monovalent, Multivalent to Macro ions Chen Qu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W45.00006: Phase Behavior of Charged Nanoparticle-Polyelectrolyte Solution Gunja Pandav, Venkat Ganesan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W45.00007: Effects of mixing ratio, salt concentration and temporal trend on the formation of polyelectrolyte complex Yanpu Zhang, Erol Yildirim, Hanne Antila, Maria Sammalkorpi, Jodie Lutkenhaus Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W45.00008: Molecular Connectivity and Correlation Effects in Polymeric Complex Coacervates Mithun Radhakrishna, Charles Sing Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W45.00009: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ultracentrifuged Polyelectrolyte Complexes Diddo Diddens, Albert Johner, J\"{o}rg Baschnagel Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W45.00010: Tuning the phase diagram of polyelectrolyte blends with a pinch of salt Jos Zwanikken, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W45.00011: Image method for Coulomb energy for many-body system of charged dielectric spheres Jian Qin, Juan de Pablo, Karl Freed Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W45.00012: Phase behavior and multi-body effects in polyelectrolyte - nanoparticles mixtures Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan, Jeffrey Errington Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W45.00013: Ionic Liquids: Trends in Behavior and Miscibility with Polymers Michelle Chen, Ronald White, Jane Lipson Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W45.00014: Surface Tension and Lamellar Spacing in Polyelectrolyte Blends and Block Copolymers Charles Sing, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W45.00015: Molecular Origins of Thermal Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Assemblies Erol Yildirim, Yanpu Zhang, Hanne S. Antila, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, Maria Sammalkorpi Preview Abstract

Session W46: Invited Session: Collective Behavior and Jamming in Multi-Cellular Systems

Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSNP
Chair: Jerry Lee, National Cancer Institute
Room: 217A

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W46.00001: Unjamming phase transition in the asthmatic airway epithelium Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Fredberg Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W46.00002: Minimization of Thermodynamic Costs in Cancer Cell Invasion Invited Speaker: Robert Austin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W46.00003: A Nanoengineered Framework for Probing Collective Cell Migration Invited Speaker: Pak Kin Wong Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W46.00004: ECM Organization and Cell-Cell Cooperation Invited Speaker: Peter Friedl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W46.00005: Swarming in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Invited Speaker: Joao Xavier Preview Abstract

Session W47: Membranes: Biological and Synthetic

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Kranthi Mandadapu, University of California, Berkeley
Room: 217B

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W47.00001: Permeation of anions through the central pore of human aquaporin 5 Thierry Wambo, Liao Chen Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W47.00002: Discovery of a fundamental force related to a membrane's order-disorder transition that can govern protein self-assembly in membranes Shachi Katira, Kranthi Mandadapu, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Berend Smit, David Chandler Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W47.00003: Phase Behavior in Free and Supported Lipid Bilayers Roland Faller, Holden Ranz Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W47.00004: Theory for registered and antiregistered phase separation of amphiphilic bilayers John Williamson, Peter Olmsted Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W47.00005: X-ray Scattering Experiments Support Tilt-dependent Membrane Theory Michael S. Jablin, John F. Nagle Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W47.00006: Two-Point Microrheology of Phase Separated Domains in Lipid Bilayers Tristan Hormel, Matthew Reyer, Raghuveer Parthasarathy Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W47.00007: Use of Impedance Spectroscopy to Probe Changes in Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Rooplekha C. Mitra, Martha Y. Su\'arez Villagr\'an, Jarek Wosik, Wanda Zagozdzon Wosik, John H. Miller, Jr Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W47.00008: Proton-Pumping Mechanism in Complex I of Mitochondria Membrane Davneet Kaur Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W47.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W47.00010: Thinning silicon-based membranes with electron irradiation for solid-state nanopore sensors Julio Alejandro Rodriguez-Manzo, Matthew Puster, Adrien Nicolai, Vincent Meunier, Marija Drndic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W47.00011: Nanoscopic modulated phases in dDPPC:DLPC membranes studied with small angle neutron scattering Natalie Krzyzanowski, Sumit Garg, Lionel Porcar, Ursula Perez-Salas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W47.00012: Heterogeneous Rotational Diffusion in Lipid Monolayers Neda Dadashvand, LaNell A. Williams, Christina M. Othon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W47.00013: Scaling and Alpha-helix Regulation of Protein Relaxation in a Lipid Bilayer K. Cheng, Liming Qiu, Creighton Buie, Mark Vaughn Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W47.00014: Redistribution of Cholesterol by Membrane Active Peptides Alamethicin and Melittin Shuo Qian, William Heller Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:18PM - 5:30PM		W47.00015: Energetics of interactions between protein inclusions in lipid bilayer membranes Paul Goldbart, Michael Dimitriyev, Alex Levine Preview Abstract

Session W48: Physics of Evolutionary and Population Dynamics III

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Jayajit DAS, The Ohio State University
Room: 217C

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W48.00001: The structure of infectious disease outbreaks across the animal-human interface Christopher R. Myers, David J. Schneider, Sarabjeet Singh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W48.00002: The spatial and metabolic profiles of microbial populations non-monotonically impact the growth of antibiotic resistant mutants Karishma Kaushik, Nalin Ratnayeke, Parag Katira, Vernita Gordon Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W48.00003: Evolution of Super-Reciprocity in Noisy Iterated Games Masoud Mirmomeni, Arend Hintze, Christoph Adami Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W48.00004: An optimal energy dissipation strategy of the MinCDE oscillator in regulating symmetric bacterial cell division Invited Speaker: Ganhui Lan Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W48.00005: Quantitative evolutionary dynamics of one million barcoded lineages Jamie Blundell, Sasha Levy, Sandeep Venkataram, Dmitri Petrov, Daniel Fisher, Gavin Sherlock Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W48.00006: Noise-stabilized Turing Patterns in a Synthetic Biofilm K. Michael Martini, David Karig, Ting Lu, Nigel Goldenfeld, Ron Weiss Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W48.00007: Limits on energy dissipation qualitatively change kinetic proofreading in single cells Jayajit Das Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W48.00008: Decision theory for immune ligand recognition Invited Speaker: Paul Francois Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W48.00009: Phylogetic Tree from the Tangled Nature Model and Its Community Structure Osman Canko, Ferhat Taskin, Kamil Argin Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W48.00010: A Stability Investigation of Dynamically Evolved Tangled Nature Model Ferhat Taskin, Osman Canko, Kamil Argin Preview Abstract

Session W49: Focus Session: Migration of Cells, Droplets, and Particles on Substrates

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT
Chair: Kim Weirich, University of Chicago
Room: 217D

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W49.00001: Kinetic Description for Formation and Dissolution of Living Colonies Christoph Weber, Yen Ting Lin, Nicolas Biais, Vasily Zaburdaev Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W49.00002: Coarse-grained model for a motor protein walker on a bead-spring substrate Jutta Luettmer-Strathmann, Nabina Paudyal, Maral Adeli Koudehi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W49.00003: Effect of silane molecular length on initial attachment of bacteria to silanized glass surfaces Andrea Jaimes-Lizcano, Sumedha Sharma, Jacinta Conrad Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W49.00004: Dissecting Subcellular Actomyosin Mechanics with Magnetically Actuated Micropost Arrays Yu Shi, Steven Henry, John Crocker, Daniel Reich Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W49.00005: Confocal Microscopy Indentation for Hydrogel Donghee Lee, Md. Mahmudur Rahman, You Zhou, Sangjin Ryu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W49.00006: Schwann Cells and the Importance of Finite 3D Deformations in Soft Gels Christian Franck, Eyal Bar-Kochba, Cristina Lopez-Fagundo, Liane Livi, Diane Hoffman-Kim Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W49.00007: "Please choose a title, something about migration on subtrates" Invited Speaker: Erin Rericha Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W49.00008: Complex multi-cellular manifolds Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Kyle G. Rowe, Suhani Jain, Steven M. Zehnder, Ryan M. Nixon, W. Gregory Sawyer, Thomas E. Angelini Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W49.00009: Long range self-assembly of microcapsules regulated via the repressilator signaling network Henry Shum, Victor Yashin, Anna Balazs Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W49.00010: Asymmetric oscillation and dynamic clustering of water-in-oil droplets by hydrodynamic interactions Takuya Ohmura, Ken-Ichiro Kamei, Masatoshi Ichikawa, Yusuke Maeda Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W49.00011: Tensional Homeostasis in Single Fibroblasts Probed with Traction Force Microscopy Rostislav Boltyanskiy, Henry Foote, Aaron Mertz, Kathryn Rosowski, Holly Lauridsen, Valerie Horsley, Jay Humphrey, Martin Schwartz, Eric Dufresne Preview Abstract

Session W50: Liquid Crystals III: Nematic and Twist Bend Phases

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT
Chair: Luz Miranda-Martinez, University of Maryland-College Park
Room: 218

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 2:42PM		W50.00001: Direct mapping of local director field of nematic liquid crystals at the nano-scale Yu Xia, Francesca Serra, Shu Yang, Randall Kamien Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:42PM - 2:54PM		W50.00002: Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals: Studying the Correlation between Defects and Curvature Charles Melton Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:54PM - 3:06PM		W50.00003: Ground States of Nematic Tori with radial boundary conditions Karthik Nayani, Perry Ellis, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:18PM		W50.00004: Using chemically patterns with different anchoring behavior to control the orientation of nematic liquid crystal Xiao Li, Julio Armas Perez, Jose Adrian Martinez-Gonzalez, Helou Xie, Juan de Pablo, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:18PM - 3:30PM		W50.00005: Planar Anchoring of Achiral Nematic Liquid Crystals in Capillaries --- with a Twist Zoey S. Davidson, Joonwoo Jeong, Louis Kang, Peter J. Collings, Tom C. Lubensky, A. G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:30PM - 3:42PM		W50.00006: Dynamics of isothermal phase transition of liquid crystal with zero anchoring Jinxin Fu, Karthik Nayani, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 3:54PM		W50.00007: Optical Switching of Nematic Liquid Crystal Film based on Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Makiko Quint, Silverio Delgado, Zachary Nuno, Linda Hirst, Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:54PM - 4:06PM		W50.00008: Substrate induced gliding for a nematic liquid crystal layer Ensela Mema, Linda Cummings, Lou Kondic Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:06PM - 4:18PM		W50.00009: A novel twisted nematic alignment and its effects on the electro-optical dynamics of nanoscale liquid crystalline films Brittany Rauzan, Lay Min Lee, Ralph Nuzzo Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:30PM		W50.00010: Rheology of a Twist-bend Nematic Liquid Crystal Seyyed Muhammad Salili, Chanjoong Kim, Samuel Sprunt, James Gleeson, Owain Parri, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:30PM - 4:42PM		W50.00011: Second Harmonic Light Scattering Study of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal Shokir Pardaev, James Gleeson, Antal Jakli, Samuel Sprunt Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:42PM - 4:54PM		W50.00012: Coarse-grained model and light scattering of the twist-bend nematic phase Shaikh Shamid, David Allender, Jonathan Selinger Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:06PM		W50.00013: Fullerene (C$_{60}$) nano-colloids in nematic liquid crystal Angelo Visco, Kevin Sobczak, Rizwan Mahmood Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 5:06PM - 5:18PM		W50.00014: Computational and theoretical analysis of chiral rafts in colloidal membranes Raunak Sakhardande, Michael Hagan, Aparna Baskaran, Bulbul Chakraborty Preview Abstract

Session W51: Invited Session: Recent Advances in Spin Transport: Spin Pumping and the Spin Hall Effect

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Thomas Silva, NIST-Boulder
Room: Grand Ballroom C1

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W51.00001: Spin Hall effect and spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator Invited Speaker: Daniel Ralph Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W51.00002: Electrical detection of current-induced spin polarization due to spin-momentum locking in the topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Se$_{3}$ Invited Speaker: Berend Jonker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W51.00003: Spin pumping and spin-transfer torques in antiferromagnet Invited Speaker: Qian Niu Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W51.00004: Pure Spin Current in a broad range of materials generated by YIG-based spin pumping Invited Speaker: Fengyuan Yang Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W51.00005: The essential role of spin-memory loss at 3d/5d metallic interfaces in spin pumping Invited Speaker: Henri Jaffres Preview Abstract

Session W52: Invited Session: The Upside of Noise: Engineered Dissipation in Quantum Many-Body Physics and Quantum Computing

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Jens Koch, Norhtwestern University
Room: Grand Ballroom C2

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W52.00001: Preparation and measurement of strongly interacting states of photons Invited Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W52.00002: Confining the state of light to a quantum manifold by engineered two-photon loss Invited Speaker: Zaki Leghtas Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W52.00003: Blueprint for an analog quantum code fabric Invited Speaker: Eliot Kapit Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W52.00004: Topology by Dissipation in Atomic Fermion Systems Invited Speaker: Sebastian Diehl Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W52.00005: Real-time observation of fluctuations in a driven-dissipative quantum many-body system undergoing a phase transition Invited Speaker: Tobias Donner Preview Abstract

Session W53: Invited Session: Discoveries in SrTiO3

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
Room: Grand Ballroom C3

Thursday, March 5, 2015 2:30PM - 3:06PM		W53.00001: Multiband superconductivity in n-doped SrTiO$_{3}$ Invited Speaker: Kamran Behnia Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:06PM - 3:42PM		W53.00002: Doping and Hall effect in SrTiO$_{3}$ Invited Speaker: Susanne Stemmer Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:42PM - 4:18PM		W53.00003: Optically-Induced Persistent Magnetization in Oxygen Deficient Strontium Titanate Invited Speaker: Scott Crooker Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:18PM - 4:54PM		W53.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Thursday, March 5, 2015 4:54PM - 5:30PM		W53.00005: Spectroscopic findings in SrTiO$_{3}$ applications: LaAlO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ and La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ heterostructures Invited Speaker: Jun-Sik Lee Preview Abstract