Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2016

Volume 61, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 14–18, 2016; Baltimore, Maryland

Session Index

Session P1: The Fred Kavli Special Symposium on Physics Frontiers

Sponsoring Units: APS
Chair: Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan
Room: Exhibit Hall C

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P1.00001: New perspectives on quantum simulation with ultra-cold atoms Invited Speaker: Ana Maria Rey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P1.00002: Illuminating biology at the nanoscale with single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy Invited Speaker: Xiaowei Zhuang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 4:18PM		P1.00003: Making New Particles One By One Invited Speaker: David A. Weitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P1.00004: Plasmons, hot electrons and nanoscale heat transfer Invited Speaker: Naomi Halas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:30PM		P1.00005: The Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger Invited Speaker: Duncan Brown Preview Abstract

Session P5: Spins in Two Dimensions: Graphene, 2DEGs and Quantum Wells

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Hanan Dery, University of Rochester
Room: 301

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P5.00001: Homoepitaxial graphene tunnel barriers for spin transport Invited Speaker: Adam Friedman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P5.00002: Tight-binding description of spin-orbit coupling in graphene due to adatoms Susanne Irmer, Denis Kochan, Klaus Zollner, Martin Gmitra, Tobias Frank, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P5.00003: Spintronics with Graphene and van der Waals heterostructures Saroj Dash, M.Venkata Kamalakar, André Dankert Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P5.00004: Proximity Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Graphene Jeongsu Lee, Jaroslav Fabian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P5.00005: Stoner-like theory of Magnetism in Silicon MOSFETs Denis Golosov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P5.00006: Rashba scattering in the dilute limit Joel Hutchinson, Joseph Maciejko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P5.00007: Edge spin accumulation in a two-dimensional electron gas with two subbands Alexander Khaetskii, J. Carlos Egues Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P5.00008: Dynamical spin injection into a two-dimensional electron gas in an AlGaAs/GaAs structure Kenro Ohtomo, Yuichiro Ando, Teruya Shinjo, Tetsuya Uemura, Masashi Shiraishi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P5.00009: Hole spin coherence in coupled GaAs/AlAs quantum wells Christian Gradl, Michael Kempf, Johannes Holler, Dieter Schuh, Dominique Bougeard, Christian Schueller, Tobias Korn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P5.00010: Investigation and direct mapping of the persistent spin helix in confined structures Markus Schwemmer, Matthias Weingartner, Roland V\"{o}lkl, Martin Oltscher, Dieter Schuh, Dominique Bougeard, Tobias Korn, Christian Sch\"{u}ller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P5.00011: Role of contact resistance in the effective spin relaxation rate in graphene spin valves Gordon Stecklein, Yoska Anugrah, Jing Li, Steven J. Koester, Paul Crowell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P5.00012: Boundary conditions for transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers in the continuum model Csaba G. P\'eterfalvi, Andor Korm\'anyos, Guido Burkard Preview Abstract

Session P6: Magnetic Complex Oxides I

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP
Chair: Gian Guzman-Verri, University of Costa Rica / Argonne National Lab
Room: 302

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P6.00001: \textbf{High antiferromagnetic transition temperature for a layered hexagonal compound: SrRu}$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{O}$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{6}}}$ Invited Speaker: Jiaqiang Yan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P6.00002: Molecular orbitals vs. relativistic orbitals in t$_{\mathrm{2g}}$ honeycomb lattices: SrRu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{6}}$ as compared to Na$_{\mathrm{2}}$IrO$_{\mathrm{3}}$, RuCl$_{\mathrm{3}}$, and Li$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{3}}$. Igor Mazin, Sergey Streltsov, Kateryna Foyevtseva Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P6.00003: Magnetization reversal and negative volume thermal expansion in Fe doped Ca$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ T. F. Qi, S. J. Yuan, F. Ye, S. Chi, J. Terzic, H. Zhang, Z. Zhao, X. Liu, S. Parkin, W. L. Mao, G. Cao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P6.00004: NMR study of new ruthenates with high magnetic ordering P.L. Paulose, Tanmoy Chakrabarty Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 4:18PM		P6.00005: Spin-orbit dimers in double perovskites Invited Speaker: George Jackeli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P6.00006: Doping an antiferromagnetic insulator : A route to an antiferromagnetic metallic phase Priya Mahadevan, Shishir Pandey, D.D. Sarma Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P6.00007: Excitations and enhanced coupling at the magnetic metal-insulator transition in NaOsO3 and Cd2Os2O7 S. Calder, J. H. Lee, M. B. Stone, J. G. Vale, C Donnerer, N. A. Bogdanov, J Lang, M Feygenson, X Liu, M. H. Upton, D. Casa, M. D. Lumsden, Z. Zhao, J.-Q Yan, Y.G. Shi, Y.S. Sun, Y. Tsujimoto, K Yamaura, D. Mandrus, S. Nishimoto, J. vd Brink, J. P. Hill, D. F. McMorrow, A. D. Christianson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P6.00008: Terahertz Spectroscopy of Osmate Double Perovskites Matthew T. Warren, R. Morrow, T. T. Mai, J. Xiong, P. M. Woodward, R. Vald\'es Aguilar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P6.00009: Numerical Implementation of a General Spinwave Model to Simulate Spinwave Excitations Found in Inelastic Neutron Scattering Data D. Casavant, I. Brodsky, G. J. MacDougall Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		P6.00010: Unusual behaviour of thermal conductivity in vanadium dioxide across the metal-insulator transition Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Sangwook Lee, Changhyun Ko, Fan Yang, Joonki Suh, Kai Liu, Kevin Wang, Xiang Zhang, Chris Dames, Junqiao Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P6.00011: Effects of Paramagnetism and Electron Correlations on the Electronic Structure of MnO: \textit{Ab Initio} Study Sangmoon Yoon, Kyoungsuk Jin, Seoung-Hun Kang, Ki Tae Nam, Miyoung Kim, Young-Kyun Kwon Preview Abstract

Session P7: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Oxides

Sponsoring Units: DMP FIAP
Chair: Michael Stavola, Lehigh University
Room: 303

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P7.00001: Magnetic resonance studies of the Mg acceptor in thick free-standing and thin-film GaN Invited Speaker: Mary Ellen Zvanut Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P7.00002: Unusual electronic phase transition in hydrogenated TiO2 thin layer Chunlei Yue, Jin Hu, Xue Liu, Zhiqiang Mao, Jiang Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P7.00003: \textbf{Dynamics of H}$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{i}}}^{\mathrm{\mathbf{+}}}$\textbf{ in Indium Oxide} W. B. Fowler, M. Stavola, Ying Qin, P. Weiser, Weikai Yin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P7.00004: Gd-Doped BaSnO$_{3}$ Thin Films: High Mobility in a Magnetically-Doped Transparent Conducting Oxide Urusa Alaan, Padraic Shafer, Alpha N'Diaye, Elke Arenholz, Yuri Suzuki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P7.00005: Links in Superconducting, ferroelectric {\&} antiferrodistortive instabilities in pristine {\&} ion implanted SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$~by studying JT lattice distortions, Cubic-Tetragonal phase transition, incoherent lattice fluctuations~{\&} Phonons using RBS-Ion Channeling, XPS {\&} Raman Scattering. Kalyan Sasmal, Viktor Hadjiev, Quark Chen, Wei-Kan Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P7.00006: Collapse of electrons to a donor cluster in SrTiO$_3$ HAN FU, Konstantin Reich, Boris Shklovskii Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P7.00007: Point defects and band alignment in strontium cerate Michael Swift, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P7.00008: Ferromagnetism in ZnO doped with alkaline elements Yiren Wang, Jingyuan Piao, Guozhong Xin, Yunhao Lu, Zhimin Ao, Nina Bao, Jun Ding, Sean Li, Jiabao Yi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P7.00009: Oxygen vacancies in amorphous-Ta$_{2}$O$_{5}$ from first-principles calculations Jihang Lee, Emmanouil Kioupakis, Wei Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P7.00010: Charge storage in oxygen deficient phases of TiO2: defect Physics without defects A. C. M. Padilha, H. Raebiger, A. R. Rocha, G. M. Dalpian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P7.00011: Influence of the ``second gap'' on the optical absorption of transparent conducting oxides Viet-Anh Ha, David Waroquiers, Gian-Marco Rignanese, Geoffroy Hautier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P7.00012: Small polarons and point defects in LaFeO$_3$ Zhen Zhu, Hartwin Peelaers, Chris G. Van de Walle Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P7.00013: Time-resolved photoluminescence of SiOx encapsulated Si Seref Kalem, Amal Hannas, Tomas Österman, Villy Sundström Preview Abstract

Session P8: Superconductivity: Proximity Effects and SN Junctions I

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP
Room: 304

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P8.00001: Anisotropic Suppression of Superconductivity on Pb(111)/Mn$_{5}$Ge$_{3}$/Ge(111) Howon Kim, Yuki Nagai, Takeo Kato, Yukio Hasegawa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P8.00002: Spin-triplet superconducting proximity effect in SrRuO$_{\mathrm{3}}$/Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{4}}$ hybrids Muhammad Shahbaz Anwar, Seungran Lee, R Ishiguro, Y Sugimoto, Y Tano, S. J. Kang, Y.J. Shin, Shingo Yonezawa, H Takayanagi, Tae Won Noh, Yoshiteru Maeno Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P8.00003: Waiting times of entangled electrons in normal-superconducting junctions Denis Chevallier, Mathias Albert, Pierre Devillard Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P8.00004: Measurements of the superconducting proximity effect in Pd/Al NS bilayers at GHz frequencies. Ani Nersisyan, Riccardo Manenti, Michael Peterer, Einar Magnusson, Giovanna Tancredi, Andrew Patterson, Peter Leek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P8.00005: Electrostatic effects in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. Piyapong Sitthison, Tudor Stanescu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P8.00006: Differential Conductance in Semiconductor-Superconductor Hybrid Structures John Stenger, Tudor Stanescu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P8.00007: Super-Hard induced gap in InSb nanowires Jun Chen, Peng Yu, Moïra Hocevar, Sébastien Plissard, Diana Car, Erik Bakkers, Sergey Frolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P8.00008: Proximity semiconducting nanowire junctions from Josephson to quantum dot regimes Kaveh Gharavi, Gregory Holloway, Jonathan Baugh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P8.00009: Metal organic chemical vapor deposition of core-shell InAs-Al nanowires for proximity-induced superconductivity T. R. Hartke, J. Stehlik, J. R. Petta Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P8.00010: Superconducting gap closing and Zero-bias peak in InSb nanowire Peng Yu, Jun Chen, Moïra Hocevar, Sébastien Plissard, Diana Car, Erik Bakkers, Sergey Frolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P8.00011: Symmetry breaking in SNS junctions: edge transport and field asymmetries Henri Suominen, Fabrizio Nichele, Morten Kjaergaard, Asbjorn Rasmussen, Jeroen Danon, Karsten Flensberg, Leonid Levitov, Javad Shabani, Chris Palmstrom, Charles Marcus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P8.00012: Proximity induced Shiba states in an organic radical molecular junction Joshua Island, Rocco Gaudenzi, Enrique Burzuri, Herre van der Zant Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P8.00013: Observation of conductance doubling in an Andreev quantum point contact M Kjaergaard, F Nichele, H Suominen, M Nowak, M Wimmer, A Akhmerov, J Folk, K Flensberg, J Shabani, C Palmstrom, C Marcus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P8.00014: Origin of Mesoscopic Superconductivity at Cd$_3$As$_2$ Point-Contacts Leena Aggarwal, Abhishek Gourav Sinha, Gohil S. Thakur, Zeba Haque, Ashok K. Ganguli, Goutam Sheet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P8.00015: Two-dimensional epitaxial superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures: A platform for topological superconducting networks J. Shabani, M. Kjaergaard, H. J. Suominen, F. Nichele, Y. Kim, K. Pakrouski, S. Kraemer, T. Stankevic, P. Krogstrup, R. Feidenhans’l, R. M. Lutchyn, C. Nayak, M. Troyer, C. M. Marcus, C. J. Palmstrom Preview Abstract

Session P9: Superlattices and Terahertz

Sponsoring Units: DCMP FIAP
Room: 305

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P9.00001: Broadband Midwave Infrared InAs/GaSb Superlattice Light-Emitting Diodes Russell Ricker, Sydney Provence, Dennis Norton, John Prineas, Thomas Boggess Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P9.00002: Long Minority Carrier Lifetimes in InAs/InAsSb Type-II Superlattices Yigit Aytac, Benjamin Olson, Jim K Kim, Eric A Shaner, Samuel Hawkins, John Klem, Michael Flatté, Thomas F Boggess Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P9.00003: Towards the design of high performance IR photonics: Optical analysis of textured gallium antimonide surfaces Ella Wassweiler, John Prineas, Fatima Toor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P9.00004: \textbf{Bias activated dielectric response of excitons and excitonic Mott transition in quantum confined lasers structures. } Kanika Bansal, Amit Bhunia, Shouvik Datta, Marzook S Alshammari, Mohamed Henini Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P9.00005: Effective chiral description of an exciton-polariton superfluid in one and two dimensions Manas Kulkarni, German Kolmakov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P9.00006: Optical bandgap determination of ultrathin amorphous films and superlattices Stylianos Siontas, Pei Liu, Paolo Longo, Alexander Zaslavsky, Domenico Pacifici Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P9.00007: Imaging the Electronic States of a Two-Dimensional Assembled Quasicrystal Laura C. Collins, Thomas G. Witte, Rochelle Silverman, David B. Green, Kenjiro K. Gomes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P9.00008: Conductivity Dynamics of the Metal-to-Insulator Transition in Nickelate Superlattices. Verner Thorsmolle, Jingdi Zhang, Srimanta Middey, Elsa Abreu, Gufeng Zhang, Jak Chakhalian, Richard Averitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P9.00009: First-principles Study of Atomic Rearrangement in GeTe-Sb2Te3 Superlattice Young-Sun Song, Seung-Hoon Jhi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P9.00010: Experimental demonstration of Luneburg waveguides Christopher Jensen, William Zimmerman, David Lahneman, Todd Adams, Thomas Gresock, Kathryn Zander, Vera Smolyaninova, Igor Smolyaninov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P9.00011: Terahertz radiation-induced sub-cycle field electron emission across a split-gap dipole antenna Jingdi Zhang, Xiaoguang Zhao, Kebin Fan, Xiaoning Wang, Gu-Feng Zhang, Kun Geng, Xin Zhang, Richard D. Averitt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P9.00012: Fabrication of THz Sensor with Metamaterial Absorber Hugo Gonzalez, Fabio Alves, Gamani Karunasiri Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P9.00013: Nonperiodic metallic gratings transparent for broadband terahertz waves Ren-Hao Fan, Xiao-Ping Ren, Ru-Wen Peng, Xian-Rong Huang, Mu Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P9.00014: Tuning the Polarization State of Light over a Broad Frequency Range with Metasurfaces Mu Wang, Shang-Chi Jiang, Zheng-Han Wang, Xiang Xiong, Ru-Wen Peng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P9.00015: Freely-tunable broadband polarization rotator for terahertz waves Ru-Wen Peng, Ren-Hao Fan, Yu Zhou, Shang-Chi Jiang, Xiang Xiong, Xian-Rong Huang, Mu Wang Preview Abstract

Session P11: Correlations and Superconductivity in Fe chalcogenides II

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Makariy Tanatar, Ames Laboratory
Room: 307

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P11.00001: BCS-BEC crossover physics in FeSe bulk superconductor Invited Speaker: Takasada Shibauchi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P11.00002: Enhanced superconductivity in heavily electron doped surface layer of FeSe bulk crystal J.J. Seo, B.Y. Kim, B.S. Kim, J.K. Jeong, J.M. Ok, J.S. Kim, J.D. Denlinger, C. Kim, Y.K. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P11.00003: Low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy investigation of FeSe$_{1-\delta}$ and FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$ single crystals S. A. Moore, J. Curtis, M. Abdel-Hafiez, O. S. Volkova, A. N. Vasiliev, D. A. Chareev, G. Karapetrov, M. Iavarone Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P11.00004: Thermal conductivity of the iron-based superconductor FeSe : Nodeless gap with strong two-band character Patrick Bourgeois-Hope, Sven Badoux, Nicolas Doiron-Leyraud, Louis Taillefer, Shun Chi, Ruixing Liang, Walter Hardy, Doug Bonn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P11.00005: Pressure-dependent upper critical field of FeSe superconductor Udhara Kaluarachchi, Valentin Taufour, Anna B\"ohmer, Makariy Tanatar, Sergey Bud'ko, Vladimir Kogan, Ruslan Prozorov, Paul Canfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P11.00006: Microwave Conductivity Spectroscopy for Fe(Se,Te) Thin Films Fuyuki Nabeshima, Kosuke Nagasawa, Daisuke Asami, Yuichi Sawada, Yoshinori Imai, Atsutaka Maeda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P11.00007: Superconductivity and spin excitations in orbitally ordered FeSe Andreas Kreisel, Shantanu Mukherjee, P. J. Hirschfeld, B.M. Andersen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P11.00008: Intercallation of Li$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$O$_{2}$ in the superconducting FeSe Despina Louca, Junjie Yang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P11.00009: The Dual Role of Fe Dopants in Enhancing Stability and Charge Transfer in (Li$_{0.8}$Fe$_{0.2}$)OHFeSe Superconductors WEI CHEN, Changgan Zeng, Efthimios Kaxiras, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P11.00010: Superconductivity in binary FeS single crystals Daniel Campbell, Chris Eckberg, Shanta Saha, Chris Borg, Xiuquan Zhou, Efrain Rodriguez, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P11.00011: High-pressure NMR Study of Magnetism and Superconductivity on FeSe Single Crystals Weiqiang Yu, Pengshuai Wang, Wenhua Song, Shanshan Sun, Yi Cui, Tianrun Li, Ping Zhou, Hechang Lei Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		P11.00012: Cs vacancy ordering and properties of phase separated Cs$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_{2}$ Omar Chmaissem, K.M. Taddei, S. Rosenkranz, R. Osborn, H. Claus, M. Sturza, D.Y. Chung, M.G. Kanatzidis, H.B. Cao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P11.00013: Effects of inversion symmetry breaking in monolayer FeSe Joseph O'Halloran, Mingxing Chen, Daniel Agterberg, Michael Weinert Preview Abstract

Session P12: Bridging Time and Length Scales in Polymers and Soft Materials: Computational Pathways to Accelerate the Lab to Fab Transition - Industry Day

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DCOMP FIAP
Chair: Mark Stevens, Sandia National Laboratories
Room: 308

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P12.00001: Spanning From Atoms to Micrometers in Simulations of Contact, Adhesion and Friction Invited Speaker: Mark Robbins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P12.00002: Accelerating materials discovery through the development of polymer databases Invited Speaker: Debra Audus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 4:18PM		P12.00003: Complex Suspension Rheology Using High Performance Computing Invited Speaker: David Heine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P12.00004: Conduction and Narrow Escape in Dense, Disordered, Particulate-based Heterogeneous Materials Invited Speaker: Jeremy Lechman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:30PM		P12.00005: Coarse-graining to the meso and continuum scales with molecular-dynamics-like models Invited Speaker: Steve Plimpton Preview Abstract

Session P13: Mechanical Properties of 2D materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Room: 309

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P13.00001: IUPAP Award: Ion transport in 2D materials Invited Speaker: Wenzhong Bao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P13.00002: Tuning frictions between graphene layers via Li ion intercalation Aijiang Lu, Jiayu Wan, Teng Li, Liangbing Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P13.00003: Lithium Intercalation of Single-Layer Graphene / Boron Nitride Heterostructures Shu Yang Frank Zhao, Giselle A. Elbaz, Cyndia Yu, D. Kwabena Bediako, Yinsheng Guo, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Louis Brus, Xavier Roy, Philip Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P13.00004: Slipping and friction at the interface between two-dimensional materials Vijayashree Parsi Sreenivas, Ryan Nicholl, Kirill Bolotin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P13.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P13.00006: Bilayer Graphene Electromechanical Systems Alexandre Champagne, Matthew Storms, Serap Yigen, Bertrand Reulet Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P13.00007: Electro-vibronic Coupling Effects on "Intrinsic Friction" in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Antonio Cammarata, Tomas Polcar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P13.00008: The positive piezoconductive effect in graphene Kang Xu, Ke Wang, Wei Zhao, Erfu Liu, Wenzhong Bao, Michael S. Fuhrer, Yafei Ren, Zhenhua Qiao, Baigeng Wang, Dingyu Xing, Feng Miao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P13.00009: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P13.00010: Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms in Polycrystalline Graphene Joseph Gonzalez, Romain Perriot, Ivan Oleynik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P13.00011: Highly Stretchable MoS2 and Phosphorene Kirigami David Campbell, Paul Hanakata, Harold Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P13.00012: Modulated Nanoindentation (MoNI) -- a novel characterization tool of two-dimensional materials and nanotubes Yang Gao, Suenne Kim, Si Zhou, Hsiang-Chih Chiu, Daniel Nelias, Claire Berger, Walt de Heer, Laura Polloni, Roman Sordan, Christian Klinke, Angelo Bongiorno, Elisa Riedo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P13.00013: Coherent Generation of Photo-Thermo-Acoustic Wave from Graphene Sheets Yichao Tian, He Tian, Yanling Wu, Leilei Zhu, Luqi Tao, Wei Zhang, Yi Shu, Dan Xie, Yi Yang, Zhiyi Wei, Xinghua Lu, Tian-Ling Ren, Chih-Kang Shih, Jimin Zhao Preview Abstract

Session P14: International Cooperative Efforts for Electronic Structure Methods

Sponsoring Units: FIP DCOMP
Chair: Aldo Romero, West Virginia University
Room: 310

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P14.00001: The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility: an illustration for the power of collective research Invited Speaker: Lucia Reining Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P14.00002: The ABINIT software project Invited Speaker: Gian-Marco Rignanese Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 4:18PM		P14.00003: The Road to Interoperable Simulation Software: Examples Using the Qbox Code Invited Speaker: Francois Gygi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P14.00004: The CECAM Electronic Structure Library: community-driven development of software libraries for electronic structure simulations Invited Speaker: Micael Oliveira Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:30PM		P14.00005: The Yambo code: a comprehensive tool to perform ab-initio simulations of equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium properties Invited Speaker: Andrea Marini Preview Abstract

Session P15: 2D Materials: Preparation and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Huili Xing, Cornell University
Room: 314

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P15.00001: Electronic Transport Properties of New 2-D Materials GeH and NaSn$_{2}$As$_{2}$ Bin He, Nicholas Cultrara, Maxx Arguilla, Joshua Goldberger, Joseph Heremans Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P15.00002: Microwave Assisted 2D Materials Exfoliation Yanbin Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P15.00003: A \textit{first principles} investigation of point defects in monolayer, few-layer, and bulk WS$_{2}$ Wun-Fan Li, Changming Fang, Marjolein Dijkstra, Marijn A. van Huis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P15.00004: Towards the Intrinsic Limit in As-Exfoliated MoS2 Erin Sutton, Edward George, Emily Whapham, Kenneth Burch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P15.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P15.00006: Preparation and Electronic Characterization of Substrate-Scale MoS$_{2}$ Single-Layer Films Joseph Martinez, Michael Gomez, Mike Valentin, Edwin Preciado, Velveth Klee, Ariana Nguyen, Adam Berges, Daniel Lu, Miguel Isarraraz, Ludwig Bartels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P15.00007: Synthesis and electronic structure of single-layer TaS$_{2}$ Charlotte Sanders, Arlette Sohanfo Ngankeu, Maciej Dendzik, Marco Bianchi, Philip Hofmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P15.00008: Observation of Interlayer Phonons in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures Rui He, Zhipeng Ye, Chao Ji, Casie Means-Shively, Heidi Anderson, Tim Kidd, Kuan-Chang Chiu, Cheng-Tse Chou, Jenn-Ming Wu, Yi-Hsien Lee, Trond Andersen, Chun Hung Lui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P15.00009: Distinct Reconstruction Patterns and Spin-Resolved Electronic States along the Zigzag Edges of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Ping Cui, Jin-Ho Choi, Wei Chen, Jiang Zeng, Chendong Zhang, Chih-Kang Shih, Zhenyu Li, Zhenyu Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P15.00010: Low-frequency Raman modes as fingerprints of layer stacking configurations of transition metal dichalcogenides Liangbo Liang, Alexander Puretzky, Bobby Sumpter, Vincent Meunier, David Geohegan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P15.00011: Excitons and exciton-phonon interactions in 2D MoS2, WS2 and WSe2 studied by resonance Raman spectroscopy Marcos Pimenta, Elena del Corro, Bruno Carvalho, Leandro Malard, Juliana Alves, Cristiano Fantini, Humberto Terrones, Ana Laura Elias, Mauricio Terrones Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P15.00012: \textit{Giant blue shifted photoluminescence peak from the edges of CVD grown monolayer MoS}$_{2}$ Alexander Yore, Wendy Crumrine, Kirby Smithe, Eric Pop, Bin Wang, Akm Newaz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P15.00013: \textbf{High Resolution X-ray investigation of few-layer Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) Based Heterostructures} Hassana Samassekou, Richard Peterson, Saikat Talapatra, Dipanjan Mazumdar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P15.00014: Anisotropic Dielectric Breakdown of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Film Yoshiaki Hattori, TAKASHI TANIGUCHI, KENJI WATANABE, KOSUKE NAGASHIO Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P15.00015: The effective bending rigidity of a fluctuating ribbon Duanduan Wan, Mark Bowick Preview Abstract

Session P16: 2D Devices: Black Phosphorous, III-IV, and IV-VI Materials

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Jewook Park, ORNL
Room: 315

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P16.00001: Twisted Phosphorene Nanoribbons Woosun Jang, Kisung Kang, Aloysius Soon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P16.00002: Ground state degeneracy, energy barriers, and molecular dynamics evidence for two-dimensional disorder in black phosphorus and monochalcogenide monolayers at finite temperature Mehrshad Mehboudi, Salvador Barraza-Lopez, Alex M. Dorio, Wenjuan Zhu, Arend van der Zande, Hugh O. H. Churchill, Alejandro A. Pacheco-Sanjuan, Edmund O. Harriss, Pradeep Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P16.00003: Remarkably low-energy one-dimensional fault line defects in single-layered phosphorene Aloysius Soon, Woosun Jang, Kisung Kang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P16.00004: Black phosphorus edges: a polarized Raman study H Ribeiro, C Villegas, D Bahamon, A Castro Neto, E de Souza, A Rocha, M Pimenta, C de Matos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P16.00005: Tight-binding model study of topological properties in few-layer black phosphorus Hyeonjin Doh, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P16.00006: N-type doping of black phosphorus by using benzyl viologen. Dewu Yue, Daeyeong Lee, Jungjin Ryu, Min Sup Choi, Hye Jin Nam, Duk-Young Jung, Won Jong Yoo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P16.00007: Oxidation of black phosphorus from the side Mario Borunda, Salvador Barraza Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P16.00008: Intrinsic Defects, Fluctuations of the Local Shape, and the Photo-Oxidation of Black Phosphorus Kainen Utt, Salvador Barraza-Lopez, Alejandro Pacheco SanJuan, Pablo Rivero, Mershad Mehboudi, Edmund Harriss, Mario Borunda Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P16.00009: Humidity Effects and Anisotropic Etching During Exfoliated Black Phosphorus Degradation Alexandre Favron, Patricia Moraille, Etienne Gaufres, Tycho Roorda, Pierre L. Levesque, Richard Leonelli, Richard Martel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P16.00010: First-principle study of the energy barrier and diffusivity of a Li atom on phosphorene Congyan Zhang, Ming Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P16.00011: Large Ultraviolet Photoresponsivity of Few-layer Black Phosphorus JING WU, Gavin Kok Wai Koon, Du Xiang, Antonio H. Castro Neto, Barbaros O¨zyilmaz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P16.00012: \textbf{Few-layer III-VI and IV-VI 2D semiconductor transistors} Sukrit Sucharitakul, Mei Liu, Rajesh Kumar, Raman Sankar, Fang C. Chou, Yit-Tsong Chen, Xuan Gao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P16.00013: Puckering Inversion in Monolayer Group IV Monochalcogenides SnS and GeSe Through Strain Engineering Paul Hanakata, Alexandra Carvalho, David Campbell, Harold Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P16.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P16.00015: Field Effect Transistors Using Atomically Thin Layers of Copper Indium Selenide (CuInSe) Prasanna Patil, Sujoy Ghosh, Milinda Wasala, Sidong Lei, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel Ajayan, Saikat Talapatra Preview Abstract

Session P17: 2D Materials: Assembly and Characterization

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Ching-Tzu Chen, IBM
Room: 316

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P17.00001: Towards Lego Snapping; Integration of Carbon Nanotubes and Few-Layer Graphene Mohsen Nasseri, Mathias Boland, M. Javad Farrokhi, Douglas Strachan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P17.00002: Two-dimensional square structures of CuO and Cu2O monolayer. Yuyang Zhang, Kuibo Yin, Yilong Zhou, Litao Sun, Matthew F. Chisholm, Sokrates T. Pantelides, Wu Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P17.00003: Oxidation-derived two-dimensional MoO$_{\mathrm{3}}$/MoS$_{\mathrm{2}}$ heterostructures Taeg yeoung Ko, Areum Jeong, Sunmin Ryu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P17.00004: Microscopic theory of two-dimensional spatially-indirect-exciton condensates and exciton-polariton condensates Fei Xue, Feng Cheng Wu, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P17.00005: Preparation and Characterization of Large Area Monolayer Films of Pt Nanoparticles Brian Kelly, Ronald Cichocki, Jie Ren, Robert Schmidt, Klaus Theopold, Karl Unruh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P17.00006: The 2D Selfassembly of Benzimidazole and its Co-crystallization. Paulo Costa, Jacob Teeter, Donna Kunkel, Alexander Sinitskii, Axel Enders Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P17.00007: Correlating Structural and Electronic Degrees of Freedom in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides I-Cheng Tung, Z. Zhang, K. L. Seyler, A. M. Jones, G. Clark, D. Xiao, N. Laanait, X. Xu, H. Wen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P17.00008: Symmetry protected topological phases in a multi-band 2D electron gas. Petr Stepanov, Yafis Barlas, Chun Ning Lau, Dmitry Smirnov, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P17.00009: Thermoelectronic emission from monolayer graphene with temperature dependent work functions Dilip De, Olukunle Olawole Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P17.00010: Effect of dopant distribution on thermal conductivity of C\textunderscore (1-x) N\textunderscore x Yang Zhou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P17.00011: Doping and Thermal Conductivity Studies of CrSiTe3 Amanda Haglund, Jiaqiang Yan, Veerle Keppens, David Mandrus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P17.00012: Electronic and Mechanical Properties of Graphene-Germanium Interfaces Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition Brian Kiraly, Robert Jacobberger, Andrew Mannix, Gavin Campbell, Michael Bedzyk, Michael Arnold, Mark Hersam, Nathan Guisinger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P17.00013: Optical activity and circular dichroism of plasmonic nanorod assemblies larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Na Liu, Alexander O. Govorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P17.00014: Strong superchiral field in hot spots and its interaction with chiral molecules. Yineng Liu Preview Abstract

Session P18: Spin-Dynamics in Patterned Films and Devices

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Volker Sluka, New York University
Room: 317

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P18.00001: Electrically driven magnetization dynamics in yttrium iron garnet Invited Speaker: Matthias Benjamin Jungfleisch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P18.00002: Spin Hall Control of Magnetization in a Perpendicularly-Magnetized Magnetic Insulator Chi-Feng Pai, Andy Quindeau, Astera Tang, Mehmet Onbasli, Maxwell Mann, Lucas Caretta, Caroline Ross, Geoffrey Beach Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P18.00003: Spin transfer torque switching in MTJ arrays with nanoengineered uniaxial anisotropy Ilyas A. H. Farhat, E. Gale, M. Abi Jaoude, A. F. Isakovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P18.00004: Vortex Gyrotropic Motion in patterned Ferromagnetic Dots Junjia Ding, Pavel Lapa, Trupti Chair, Chrystian Posada, Axel Hoffmann, Valentine Novosad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P18.00005: Dynamics of spin valves investigated using Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy Christopher Stevens, Jagannath Paul, Prasenjit Dey, Casey Miller, Stephen McGill, Denis Karaiskaj Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P18.00006: The shot noise like feature of the magnetic 1/f noise in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions. Liang Liu, Jiasen Niu, Huiqiang Guo, Jian Wei, D. L. Li, J. F. Feng, X. F. Han, X.-G. Zhang, J. M. D. Coey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P18.00007: Coherent spin-transfer precession switching in orthogonal spin-torque devices Colm Ryan, Graham Rowlands, Daniele Pinna, Li Ye, Laura Rehm, Volker Sluka, Andy Kent, Thomas Ohki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P18.00008: Effects of spin relaxation on trap-assisted tunneling through ferromagnetic metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Viktor Sverdlov, Siegfried Selberherr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P18.00009: Thermally reliable clocked non-volatile spin wave logic device Sourav Dutta, Dmitri Nikonov, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Ian Young, Azad Naeemi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P18.00010: Magnetotransport properties of Co$_{90}$Fe$_{10}$/Cu/Ni$_{80}$Fe$_{20}$ pseudo-spin-valve with out-of-plane tilted magnetic field Linqiang Luo, Nam Dao, Salinporn Kittiwatanakul, Stuart Wolf, Jiwei Lu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:30PM		P18.00011: Spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance in arbitrarily magnetized thin films Invited Speaker: Joseph Sklenar Preview Abstract

Session P19: Magnetic Materials

Sponsoring Units: GMAG DMP FIAP
Chair: Daniel Gopman, NIST
Room: 318

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P19.00001: Observation of Temperature Chaos in Mesoscopic Spin Glasses Invited Speaker: Samaresh Guchhait Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P19.00002: An Investigation of the Spin Glass Properties of the Solid Solution CuAl$_{2-2x}$Ga$_{2x}$O$_{4}$ Thomas Bullard, Jacilynn Brant, Charles Ebbing, Neil Dilley, J. Hamilton, Timothy Haugan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P19.00003: Nonlinear scaling variable at the lower critical dimension: Scaling in the 2D random field Ising model Lorien Hayden, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P19.00004: Response to a field of the $D=3$ Ising spin glass with Janus and JanusII dedicated computers Beatriz Seoane Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P19.00005: \textbf{Extremely large magnetoresistance and magnetic logic by coupling semiconductor nonlinear transport effect and anomalous Hall Effect}. Xiaozhong Zhang, Zhaochu Luo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P19.00006: Effects of transverse fields on spin-valve sensor magnetic field measurements Alex Jeffers, Antonio Orozco, Alfred Cawthorne, Christopher Rowlett, Steve Garrahan, Frederick Wellstood Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P19.00007: Effect of tantalum on magnetocrystalline anisotropy and tunneling magnetoresistance in MgO/CoFeB junction from ab-initio calculations Roman Chepulskyy, Dmytro Apalkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P19.00008: Growth and properties of High-quality metal/ yttrium iron garnet/metal sandwich structures Mohammed Aldosary, Junxue Li, Chi Tang, Yadong Xu, Jing Shi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P19.00009: Switching behavior of Nb/Exchange spring magnet/Nb Josephson Junctions fabricated by Nanosphere Lithography Jiyeong Gu, Gilbert Arias, Samuel Hedges Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 5:18PM		P19.00010: How to move domain walls in an antiferromagnet Invited Speaker: Se Kwon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P19.00011: Spin correlations and spin-wave excitations in Dirac-Weyl semimetals Yasufumi Araki, Kentaro Nomura Preview Abstract

Session P20: Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods III

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Herbert Fotso
Room: 319

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P20.00001: QMC calculations of the dynamical local field factor of the 2D electron gas Natalia Matveeva, Markus Holzmann, David Ceperley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P20.00002: Ab Initio Thermodynamic Results for the Degenerate Electron Gas at Finite Temperatures Tim Schoof, Tobias Dornheim, Simon Groth, Jan Vorberger, Michael Bonitz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P20.00003: Identification of polaronic defects in wide band gap semiconductors via diffusion Monte Carlo Jaehyung Yu, Elif Ertekin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P20.00004: Diffusion Monte Carlo study of the metal-insulator transition in stretched graphene Li Chen, Lucas K. Wagner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P20.00005: Time-dependent many-variable variational Monte Carlo method for nonequilibrium strongly correlated electron systems Kota Ido, Takahiro Ohgoe, Masatoshi Imada Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P20.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P20.00007: Stochastic Approximation of Dynamical Exponent at Quantum Critical Point Hidemaro Suwa, Shinya Yasuda, Synge Todo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P20.00008: Auxiliary-field based trial wave functions in quantum Monte Carlo simulations Chia-Chen Chang, Brenda Rubenstein, Miguel Morales Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P20.00009: Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo predictions for bulk MnNiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Chandrima Mitra, Jaron Krogel, Fernando A. Reboredo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P20.00010: Fragmented Molecular Orbital with Diffusion Monte Carlo for large molecular systems Anouar Benali, Spencer R. Pruitt, Dmitri G. Fedorov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P20.00011: Improved measurement scheme of the self energy in the worm-sampled hybridization-expansion quantum Monte Carlo Mancheon Han, Choong-ki Lee, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P20.00012: Reducing memory demands of splined orbitals in diffusion Monte Carlo calculations Jaron Krogel, Fernando Reboredo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P20.00013: Quantum Monte Carlo Computations of the (Mg$_{1-X}$Fe$_{X})$SiO$_{3}$ Perovskite to Post-perovskite Phase Boundary Yangzheng Lin, R.E. Cohen, Andrea Floris, Luke Shulenburger, Kevin P. Driver Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P20.00014: Fixed-phase vs fixed-node quantum Monte Carlo with local and nonlocal interactions Lubos Mitas, Cody Melton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P20.00015: ABSTRACT MOVED TO C45.014 Preview Abstract

Session P21: Materials in Extremes: Energetic Materials and Reactive Chemistry

Sponsoring Units: GSCCM DCOMP DMP/DCP
Chair: Igor Schweigert, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 320

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P21.00001: Moving beyond feasibility in ultrafast shock chemistry experiments Michael Armstrong, James Lewicki, Jonathan Crowhurst, Joseph Zaug, Harry Radousky, Elissaios Stavrou, April Sawvel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P21.00002: High-temperature thermal degradation of polyethylene from reactive molecular dynamics J. Matthew D. Lane, Nathan W. Moore Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P21.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P21.00004: High-Velocity Collisions of Nanoparticles Donald Johnson, William Mattson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P21.00005: Non-equilibrium Reaction Kinetics in Molecular Solids Mitchell Wood, Alejandro Strachan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P21.00006: Detonation Propagation in Slabs and Axisymmetric Rate Sticks Christopher Romick, Tariq Aslam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P21.00007: Laser-shocked energetic materials with metal additives: evaluation of detonation performance Jennifer Gottfried, Eric Bukowski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P21.00008: The Equation of State of PBX 9502 Tariq Aslam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P21.00009: Measuring HOMO/LUMO gap of explosive film at air interface using ESFG: model for explosive at void surface Darcie Farrow, Ian Kohl, Sean Kearney, Stephen Rupper, Laura Martin, Kathy Alam, Robert Knepper, Jeffery Kay Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P21.00010: Shock wave propagation in semi-crystalline polyethylene: An atomic-scale investigation Robert M. Elder, Thomas C. O'Connor, In-Chul Yeh, Tanya L. Chantawansri, Timothy W. Sirk, Mark O. Robbins, Jan W. Andzelm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P21.00011: Hierarchical Multiscale Framework for Materials Modeling: Advances in Scale-Bridging Applied to a Taylor Anvil Impact Test of RDX Brian Barnes, Kenneth Leiter, Richard Becker, Jaroslaw Knap, John Brennan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P21.00012: Instantaneous Point Explosion in Incompressible Fluid-like Media Michael Grinfeld, Steven Segletes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P21.00013: \textbf{Impacts on Dissipative Sonic Vacuum} Yichao Xu, Vitali Nesterenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P21.00014: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P21.00015: Modeling the mechanical behavior of ceramic and heterophase structures manufactured using selective laser sintering and spark plasma sintering Vladimir A. Skripnyak, Evgeniya G. Skripnyak, Vladimir V. Skripnyak, Irina K. Vaganova Preview Abstract

Session P22: General Theory/Computational Physics

Sponsoring Units: DCOMP
Chair: Daniel Finkenstadt
Room: 321

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P22.00001: First Principles Computation of G-Factors in Bi and Bi$_2$Se$_3$ Zhida Song, Simin Nie, Xi Di, Zhong Fang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P22.00002: Adaptively truncated Hilbert spaces for Hamiltonian-based impurity solvers Ara Go, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P22.00003: Equilibration properties of a disordered interacting open quantum system Evert van Nieuwenburg, Sebastian Huber Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P22.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P22.00005: Accurate, efficient, and scalable parallel simulation of mesoscale electrostatic/magnetostatic problems accelerated by a fast multipole method. Xikai Jiang, Dmitry Karpeev, Jiyuan Li, Juan de Pablo, Juan Hernandez-Ortiz, Olle Heinonen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P22.00006: Computational algorithms dealing with the classical and statistical mechanics of celestial scale polymers in space elevator technology Steven Knudsen, Leonardo Golubovic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P22.00007: Convex Lower Bounds for Free Energy Minimization Jonathan Moussa Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P22.00008: Stabilized quasi-Newton optimization of noisy potential energy surfaces Bastian Schaefer, S. Alireza Ghasemi, Shantanu Roy, Stefan Goedecker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P22.00009: Phonon softening and mechanical failure of graphene under tensile strain Jeongwoon Hwang, Jisoon Ihm, Kyung-Suk Kim, Moon-Hyun Cha Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P22.00010: Adjoint based data assimilation for phase field model using second order information of a posterior distribution Shin-ichi ITO, Hiromichi NAGAO, Akinori YAMANAKA, Yuhki TSUKADA, Toshiyuki KOYAMA, Junya INOUE Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P22.00011: Quantum Monte Carlo study of 4d vs 5d atomic and molecular systems. Michael Bennett, Adem Kulahlioglu, Cody Melton, Lubos Mitas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P22.00012: Information geometry with correlated data: Bayesian explorations of cosmological predictions for the microwave background radiation Katherine Quinn, Francesco De Bernardis, Michael Niemack, James Sethna Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P22.00013: Recasting the 3D Wigner-Liouville equation with spectral components of the force Maarten Van de Put, Bart Sorée, Wim Magnus Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P22.00014: Exciton condensation in one dimension David Abergel, Adrian Kantian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P22.00015: Rotationally invariant ensembles of integrable matrices Jasen Scaramazza, Emil Yuzbashyan, Sriram Shastry Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:30PM - 5:42PM		P22.00016: Matrix Elements for Hylleraas CI Frank E. Harris Preview Abstract

Session P23: Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Defects and Interfaces

Sponsoring Units: DMP DCOMP
Chair: Vladan Stevanovic, Colorado School of Mines
Room: 322

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P23.00001: Computational design of inorganic-organic hybrid materials energy storage and conversion Invited Speaker: Alexie Kolpak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P23.00002: Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Designed Molecular Interfaces for Improved Thermal Conductivity Alex Kerr, Kieran Mullen, Daniel Glatzhofer, Matthew Houck, Paul Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P23.00003: Modifying the Optoelectronic Properties of Rubrene by Strain Sahar Sharifzadeh, Ashwin Ramasubramaniam Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P23.00004: First-principles studies of the electric-field effect on the band structure of trilayer graphenes Yun-Peng Wang, Xiang-Guo Li, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P23.00005: Design of transparent conductors and periodic two-dimensional electron gases without doping Xiuwen Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Alex Zunger, John Perkins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P23.00006: Role of sp$^3$ Defect in Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Enshi Xu, Angela Lueking, Vincent Crespi, Paul Lammert, Kathleen Maleski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P23.00007: Computational Discovery of a Novel Semiconductor: A Vacancy-Ordered Fe$_{\mathbf{1.5}}$TiSb Heusler Phase Vinay Ishwar Hegde, Nariman Naghibolashrafi, Sahar Keshavarz, Kamaram Munira, William Butler, Patrick LeClair, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P23.00008: Doping and defects by design: Ga2O3 Stephan Lany Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P23.00009: Understanding the Impact of Point Defects on the Optoelectronic Properties of Gallium Nitride from First-Principles Kirk Lewis, Masahiko Matsubara, Enrico Bellotti, Sahar Sharifzadeh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P23.00010: Prediction of direct band gap silicon superlattices with dipole-allowed optical transition Sunghyun Kim, Young Jun Oh, In-Ho Lee, Jooyoung Lee, K. J. Chang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P23.00011: From facets to facets: how does work function vary over a gold nanocluster? Lingyuan Gao, Jaime Souto, James Chelikowsky, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P23.00012: Gap engineering using Hellmann-Feynmann forces: method and applications Kiran Prasai, Parthapratim Biawas, D. A. Drabold Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P23.00013: Bayesian cluster expansion with lattice parameter dependence for studying surface alloys Le Niu, Tim Mueller Preview Abstract

Session P24: Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Electronic Structure

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Noa Marom, Tulane University
Room: 323

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P24.00001: Electronic structure from relativistic quasiparticle self-consistent $GW$ calculations Invited Speaker: Stefan Bl\"ugel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P24.00002: Quasiparticle electronic structure of Bi$_2$Se$_3$ via the sc-COHSEX+GW approach Bradford A. Barker, Jack Deslippe, Oleg Yazyev, Steven G. Louie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P24.00003: Ubiquitous electron-plasmon coupling in doped semiconductors Fabio Caruso, Feliciano Giustino Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P24.00004: Quasiparticle excitations of adsorbates on doped graphene Johannes Lischner, Sebastian Wickenburg, Dillon Wong, Christoph Karrasch, Yang Wang, Jiong Lu, Arash A. Omrani, Victor Brar, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Qiong Wu, Fabiano Corsetti, Arash Mostofi, Roland K. Kawakami, Joel Moore, Alex Zettl, Steven G. Louie, Mike Crommie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P24.00005: First Principles Charge Transfer Excitations in Curved Aromatic Materials Laura Zoppi, Layla Martin Samos, Kim K. Baldridge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P24.00006: Electronic and optical excitations in building blocks of the metal organic framework MOF-5 Bin Shi, Linda Hung, Taner Yildirim, Serdar Ogut Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P24.00007: Energy level alignment at hybridized organic-metal interfaces from a GW projection approach Yifeng Chen, Isaac Tamblyn, Su Ying Quek Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P24.00008: Nonequilibrium transport in the Anderson-Holstein model with interfacial screening Enrico Perfetto, Gianluca Stefanucci Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P24.00009: Many-body effects and ultraviolet renormalization in three-dimensional Dirac materials Robert Throckmorton, Johannes Hofmann, Edwin Barnes Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P24.00010: Electron-electron interactions in Dirac and Weyl semimetals: collective modes and stability of the ground state John Tolsma, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P24.00011: First-principles DFT+GW study of oxygen doped CdTe Walter Orellana, Mauricio A. Flores, Eduardo Men\'endez-Proupin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P24.00012: Quasi-particle band structure of potassium-doped few-layer black phosphorus with GW approximation Han-gyu Kim, Seung Su Baik, Hyoung Joon Choi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P24.00013: Quasiparticle and optical band gaps of Sr$_{n+1}$Ti$_{n}$O$_{3n+1}$ from \textit{ab-initio} many-body perturbation theory Sebastian E Reyes-Lillo, Tonatiuh Rangel, Fabien Bruneval, Jeffrey B Neaton Preview Abstract

Session P25: Superconducting Tunneling: Josephson Effect and THz Emission

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Richard Klemm, University of Central Florida
Room: 324

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P25.00001: Effect of impurities on the Josephson current through helical metals: Exploiting a neutrino paradigm Pouyan Ghaemi, V. Parameswaran Nair Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P25.00002: "Hybrid" multi-gap/single-gap Josephson junctions: Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling in superconducting-to-normal switching experiments on MgB2/I/Pb and MgB2/I/Sn junctions Steve Carabello, Joseph Lambert, Wenqing Dai, Qi Li, Ke Chen, Daniel Cunnane, X. X. Xi, Roberto Ramos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P25.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P25.00004: Superconducting quantum interference devices made with normal metal and insulator barrier Josephson junctions in Y-Ba-Cu-O directly written with a focused helium beam Ethan Cho, Meng Ma, Chuong Huynh, Kevin Pratt, Doug Paulson, Victor Glyantsev, Robert Dynes, Shane Cybart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P25.00005: Engineering the parity lifetime of NbTiN Cooper-pair transistors Attila Geresdi, David van Woerkom, Tamas Krivachy, Sebastian Rubbert, Anton R. Akhmerov, Leo P. Kouwenhoven Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P25.00006: The cavity resonance mode of Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$CaCu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{8}}$ mesa terahertz sources as probed by scanning laser thermal microscopy Timothy Benseman, Alexei Koshelev, Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov, Ulrich Welp, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Yang Hao, Boris Gross, Matthias Lange, Dieter Koelle, Reinhold Kleiner, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P25.00007: Artificially induced hotspots in Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$CaCu$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{8}}$ mesa terahertz sources Yang Hao, Ulrich Welp, Alexei Koshelev, Vitalii Vlasko-Vlasov, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Kazuo Kadowaki, Timothy Benseman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P25.00008: Scattering to different vortex polarity in coupled long Josephson junctions Waltraut Wustmann, Kevin D. Osborn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P25.00009: Instability of Driven Josephson Vortices in Long Underdamped Junctions Ahmad Sheikhzada, Alex Gurevich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P25.00010: Terahertz emission from a stack of intrinsic Josephson junctions in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$Ca$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{10+\delta }$ Manabu Tsujimoto, Itsuhiro Kakeya, Shintaro Adachi, Takao Watanabe, Takanari Kashiwagi, Hidetoshi Minami, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P25.00011: Josephson radiation from InSb-nanowire junction David van Woerkom, Alexander Proutski, Tamas Krivachy, Daniel Bouman, Ruben van Gulik, Onder Gul, Maja Cassidy, Diana Car, Erik Bakkers, Leo Kouwenhoven, Attila Geresdi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P25.00012: Interaction between fractional Josephson vortices in multi-gap superconductor tunnel junctions Ju H. Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P25.00013: The emission mechanism of THz electromagnetic waves from Bi2212 mesa device Chiharu Watanabe, Hidetoshi Minami, Takeo Kitamura, Takanari Kashiwagi, Richard Klemm, Kazuo Kadowaki Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P25.00014: Tunable plasma edge in Josephson junction loaded wire array metamaterial Melissa Trepanier, Daimeng Zhang, V. P. Koshelets, Steven Anlage Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P25.00015: A high $T_{\mathrm{c}}$ superconducting terahertz emitter operated from 0.5 to 2.4 THz . T. Kashiwagi, K. Sakamoto, H. Kubo, Y. Shibano, T. Enomoto, T. Kitamura, K. Asanuma, T. Yasui, C. Watanabe, K. Nakade, Y. Saiwai, T. Katsuragawa, T. Tanaka, T. Yuasa, M. Tsujimoto, R. Yoshizaki, T. Yamamoto, H. Minami, R.A. Klemm, K. Kadowaki Preview Abstract

Session P26: Insulators: Ferroelectrics and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DCMP DMP FIAP
Chair: Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Room: 325

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P26.00001: Relative stability of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric states in (Na$_{\mathrm{0,5}}$Bi$_{\mathrm{0,5}})$TiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$-based solid solutions V. Sobolev, V. M. Ishchuk, L. G. Gusakova, N. G. Kisel, D. V. Kuzenko, N. A. Spiridonov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P26.00002: Visible light absorption in La, Cr co-doped SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ and BaTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ for ferroelectric photovoltaics Ryan Comes, Martin McBriarty, Phuong-Vu Ong, Steve Heald, Gerard Carroll, Daniel Gamelin, Keren Freedy, Sergey Smolin, Jason Baxter, Tiffany Kaspar, Mark Bowden, Peter Sushko, Scott Chambers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P26.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P26.00004: Strain effect on the visible emission in ferroelectric nanotubes: template and wall-thickness effect Yunsang Lee, SangDon Bu, JinKyu Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P26.00005: Negative Refractive Index Materials for Optical Range of Spectrum Vladimir Sobolev, Valerii Ishchuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P26.00006: Incommensurate lattice modulations in Potassium Vanadate Bryan Chakoumakos, Arnab Banerjee, Lumsden Mark, Huibo Cao, Jong-Woo Kim, Christina Hoffman, Xiaoping Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P26.00007: Properties of Transition Metal Doped Alumina Erik Nykwest, Krista Limmer, Ray Brennan, Victoria Blair, Rampi Ramprasad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P26.00008: Incursion of water and Cu ions into porous low dielectric constant (LKD) thin films and interconnects resulting in damage, time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) and decreased lifetime and reliability. Robert Laibowitz, Archana Raja, Thomas Shaw, Eric Liniger, Stephan Cohen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P26.00009: Strong Red Luminescent Twin ZnO Nanorods for Nano-thermometry and Phonon Tunnel Device Application Avanendra Singh, Kartik Senapati, Karunakar Nanda, Biswarup Satpati, Pratap Sahoo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P26.00010: Analysis of metastable ultrasmall titanium oxide clusters using a hybrid global search algorithm and first-principles approach Eric Inclan, Jack Lassester, David Geohegan, Mina Yoon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P26.00011: Low energy THz excitations in distorted perovskites under strong magnetic fields and low temperature. N. E. Massa, K. Holldack, V. Ta Phuoc, R. Sopracase, L. del Campo, D. De Sousa Meneses, P. Echegut, J.A. Alonso Preview Abstract

Session P27: VO2: Experiment and Theory

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Mengkun Liu, State University of New York, Stonybrook
Room: 326

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P27.00001: Ultrafast Pump-Probe Studies of the Light-Induced MIT and Recovery of Niobium Dioxide Thin Films Melissa Beebe, J. Michael Klopf, Salinporn Kittiwatanakul, Jiwei Lu, Stuart A. Wolf, R. Alejandra Lukaszew Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P27.00002: OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF THE M$_{\mathrm{2}}$ AND T PHASES OF VANADIUM DIOXIDE T.J. Huffman, M.M. Qazilbash, C. Hendriks, E.J. Walter, H. Krakauer, Joonseok Yoon, Honglyoul Ju, R. Smith, G.L. Carr Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P27.00003: Photoinduced phase transitions in narrow-gap Mott insulators: the case of VO$_2$ Zhuoran He, Andrew Millis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P27.00004: Random Field Driven Spatial Complexity at the Mott Transition in VO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ Erica Carlson, Shuo Liu, Benjamin Phillabaum, Karin Dahmen, Narsimhamurthy Vidhyadhiraja, Mumtaz Qazilbash, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P27.00005: Field-Effect Modulation of Ambipolar Doping and Domain Wall Band Alignment in P-type Vanadium Dioxide Nanowires Yasen Hou, Xingyue Peng, Yiming Yang, Dong Yu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P27.00006: Electric Field-induced Resistance Switching in VO$_{2}$ Channels using Hybrid Gate Dielectric of High-$k$ Ta$_{2}$O$_{5}$/Organic material Parylene-C. Tingting Wei, Teruo Kanki, Kohei Fujiwara, Masashi Chikanari, Hidekazu Tanaka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P27.00007: Resistance modulation in VO$_{\mathrm{2}}$ nanowires induced by an electric field \textit{via} air-gap gates Teruo Kanki, Masashi Chikanari, Tingting Wei, Hidekazu Tanaka Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P27.00008: Resistance noise spectroscopy across the thermally and electrically driven metal-insulator transitions in VO$_2$ nanobeams Ali Alsaqqa, Colin Kilcoyne, Sujay Singh, Gregory Horrocks, Peter Marley, Sarbajit Banerjee, G. Sambandamurthy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P27.00009: Strain-dependent ultrafast dynamics of insulator-to-metal phase transition in VO2 Sergiy Lysenko, Armando Rua, Jose Figueroa, Felix Fernandez Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P27.00010: Straining to observe the M2 phase in epitaxial VO$_2$ films Nicholas Quackenbush, Matthew Wahila, Louis Piper, Hanjong Paik, Megan Holtz, Xin Huang, Joel Brock, David Muller, Darrell Schlom, Joseph Woicik, Dario Arena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P27.00011: Metallic bubbles nucleation and growth in VO2 nanofilms: insights from TDDFT+DMFT Volodymyr Turkowski, Jose Mario Galicia-Hernandez, Gregorio Hernandez-Cocoletzi, Talat S. Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P27.00012: Observation of impact ionization in vanadium dioxide Joshua Holleman, Michael Bishop, Carlos Garcia, Christianne Beekman, Shinbuhm Lee, Ho Nyung Lee, Efstratios Manousakis, Stephen McGill Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P27.00013: Visualization of local phase transition behaviors in ultrathin VO$_{2}$/TiO$_{2}$ thin films Ahrum Sohn, Terou Kanki, Hidekazu Tanaka, Dong-Wook Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P27.00014: A Microscopic Model for the Strongly Coupled Electron-Ion System in VO$_2$ Timothy Lovorn, Sanjoy Sarker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P27.00015: Controlling Oxygen Vacancy Creation In Ionic Liquid Gated Vanadate Nanostructures Colin Kilcoyne, Sujay Singh, Gregory Horrocks, Peter Marley, Sarbajit Banerjee, G. Sambandamurthy Preview Abstract

Session P28: Advances in Topological Materials I

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Anton Burkov, University of Waterloo
Room: 327

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P28.00001: Quantum Transport of Spin-helical Dirac Fermion Topological Surface States in Topological Insulators Invited Speaker: Yong P. Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P28.00002: Large linear magnetoresistance and high carrier mobility in a new Dirac semimetal candidate Johnpierre Paglione, Kefeng Wang, David Graf, Limin Wang, F. Boschini, A. Damascelli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P28.00003: Temperature-Induced Lifshitz Transition in WTe$_{2}$ Na Hyun Jo, Yun Wu, Masayuki Ochi, Lunan Huang, Daixiang Mou, Sergey L. Bud'ko, P.C. Canfield, Nandini Trivedi, Ryotaro Arita, Adam Kaminski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P28.00004: High-field magnetoconductivity of topological semimetals Hai-Zhou Lu, Song-Bo Zhang, Shun-Qing Shen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P28.00005: Orbital and anisotropy effects on the itinerant exchange interaction in 3D Dirac semimetals Sergio Ulloa, Diego Mastrogiuseppe, Nancy Sandler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P28.00006: Study of angle dependent magnetoresistance in half-Heusler YPtBi Hyunsoo Kim, Kefeng Wang, Halyna Hodovanets, Johnpierre Paglione Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P28.00007: Large transverse current in topological Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 Wei-Li Lee, Shih-Ting Guo, R. Sankar, Yung-Yu Chien, Tay-Rong Chang, Horng-Tay Jeng, Guang-Yu Guo, F. C. Chou Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P28.00008: Magnetic Torque Anomaly in the Quantum Limit of Weyl and Dirac Semimetals Nityan L. Nair, Philip J.W. Moll, Andrew C. Potter, Brad Ramshaw, Kimberly Modic, Scott Riggs, Bin Zeng, Nirmal Ghimire, Eric Bauer, Robert Kealhofer, Zhenglu Li, Steven Louie, Filip Ronning, James G. Analytis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P28.00009: Large magnetoresistance and electronic anisotropy in NbAs$_2$ Bing Shen, Shan Jiang, Ni Ni Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P28.00010: Magnetic torque study of Weyl semimetal compounds TaP and NbP up to 45 Tesla Gang Li, Tomoya Asaba, Colin Tinsman, Fan Yu, Benjamin Lawson, Yulin Chen, Lu Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P28.00011: $\pi$ Berry phase and Zeeman splitting of Weyl semimetal TaP Jin Hu, Jinyu Liu, David Graf, Seyed Radmanesh, Daniel Adams, Alyssa Chuang, Yu Wang, Irinel Chiorescu, Jiang Wei, Leonard Spinu, Zhiqiang Mao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P28.00012: Quantum Oscillations from generic surface Fermi arcs in Weyl semi-metals Yi Zhang, Daniel Bulmash, Pavan Hosur, Andrew Potter, Ashvin Vishwanath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P28.00013: Thermo-electric transports in double-Weyl semimetals Qi Chen, Gregory A. Fiete Preview Abstract

Session P29: Optical Spectroscopy on 3D Topological Insulators

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Dennis Drew, University of Maryland
Room: 328

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P29.00001: Infrared studies of topological insulator systems Kirk Post, Brian Chapler, Alex Schafgans, Mengkun Liu, Jih-Sheng Wu, Anthony Richardella, Joon Sue Lee, Anjan Reijnders, Yun Sang Lee, Liang He, Xufeng Kou, Mario Novak, Alexey Taskin, Kouji Segawa, Michael Goldflam, H. Theodore Stinson, Xiao Liang Qi, Kenneth Burch, Kang Wang, Michael Fogler, Nitin Samarth, Yoichi Ando, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P29.00002: Cyclotron resonance and Faraday rotation in topological insulator $(Bi,Sb)_{2}Te_{3}$ Yinming Shao, Kirk Post, Jhih-Sheng Wu, Anthony Richardella, Joon Sue Lee, Michael Fogler, Nitin Samarth, Dimitri Basov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P29.00003: Terahertz Faraday Rotation in the Quantum Anomalous Hall System V-doped (Bi,Sb)2Te3 Ozge Ozel, Alex Frenzel, Cui-zu Chang, Daniel Pilon, Jagadeesh Moodera, Nuh Gedik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P29.00004: Quantized Faraday rotation of surface states in 3D topological insulator thin films Liang Wu, Maryam Salehi, Nikesh Koirala, Seongshik Oh, N. Peter Armitage Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P29.00005: Nonlinear optical properties of bismuth selenide Derek Bas, Sercan Babakiray, Tudor Stanescu, David Lederman, Alan Bristow Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P29.00006: Fano {\it q} reversal in topological insulator Bi$_2$Se$_3$ S.V. Dordevic, G.M. Foster, M.S. Wolf, N. Stojilovic, H. Lei, C. Petrovic, Z. Chen, Z.Q. Li, L.C. Tung Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P29.00007: Evolving optical second-harmonic anisotropy at the cleaved Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Se$_{\mathrm{3}}$ surface. Yong An, Avery Green, Alain Diebold Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P29.00008: Tight-binding theory of NMR shifts in topological insulators Ion Garate, Samuel Boutin, Jorge Ramirez Ruiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P29.00009: Gate Tunable Infrared Optical Response of (Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_{x})_{2}$Te$_{3}$ Topological Insulators William Whitney, Victor Brar, Yunbo Ou, Ke He, Qi-Kun Xue, Harry Atwater Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P29.00010: Optical Second Harmonic Generation Study of Topological Insulator Bi$_{2-x}$Sb$_{x}$Se$_{3}$ Jisun Kim, Zhenyu Zhang, Matthew T. Curtis, Louis H. Haber, Rongying Jin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P29.00011: Current induced Optical Activity in Topological Insulator Bi2Te2Se1 Nirajan Mandal, Irek Mitkowski, Mikhail Glazov, Yong Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P29.00012: STM studies of topological phase transition in (Bi,In)$_{\mathrm{2}}$Se$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Wenhan Zhang, Xueyun Wang, Sang-Wook Cheong, Weida Wu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P29.00013: First-Principle Calculations and Raman Studies of Surface Phonons in the Topological Insulators Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Se$_{\mathrm{3}}$ and Bi$_{\mathrm{2}}$Te$_{\mathrm{3}}$. Ibrahim Boulares, Guangsha Shi, Ctirad Uher, Emmanouil Kioupakis, Roberto Merlin, Petr Lostak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P29.00014: Optical helicity control of surface current in SmB$_{\mathrm{6}}$ Sanjay Adhikari, Yanjun Ma, Chang-Beom Eom, Cheng Cen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P29.00015: Photoinduced Anomalous Hall Effects in Weyl Semimetals Ching-Kit Chan, Patrick A. Lee, Kenneth S. Burch, Jung Hoon Han, Ying Ran Preview Abstract

Session P30: Advances in Complex Oxide Film Growth

Sponsoring Units: DMP
Chair: Steven May, Drexel University
Room: 329

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P30.00001: Oxygenation Dependence of the Resistance Upturn in $\mathbf{LaAlO_{3}}$/$\mathbf{SrTiO_{3}}$ Heterostructures H. Zhang, K. A. Majlan, J. H. Ngai, C. McMahon, D. G. Hawthorn, J. Y. T. Wei Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P30.00002: Controlling Kondo Scattering at the Conducting Oxide Interfaces via Lattice Mismatch and Growth Oxygen Pressure Kun Han, Shengwei Zheng, Zhen Huang, Changjian Li, Wenxiong Zhou, T Venkatesan, Ariando Ariando Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P30.00003: Metal-insulator transition at lanthanum aluminate-strontium titanate interface induced by oxygen plasma treatment. Weitao Dai, Cheng Cen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P30.00004: On the Growth of Complex Oxides by Molecular Beam Epitaxy Invited Speaker: Dillon Fong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P30.00005: Self-regulating MBE growth of stoichiometric BaSnO$_{3}$ films \textit{via} reactive radical mechanism Abhinav Prakash, John Dewey, Hwanhui Yun, Jong Seok Jeong, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Bharat Jalan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P30.00006: \textbf{Single phase growth of materials with high polar mismatch at the interface} Mohammad Saghayezhian, Zhen Wang, Hangwen Guo, Gaomin Wang, Lina Chen, Ward Plummer, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P30.00007: Surface structural reconstruction of SrVO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ thin films on SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3\thinspace }}$(001) Gaomin Wang, Mohammad Saghayezhian, Lina Chen, Hangwen Guo, Jiandi Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P30.00008: Van der Waals Epitaxy of Functional Oxide Heterostructures Invited Speaker: Ying-Hao Chu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P30.00009: Atomic-level sculpting in STEM for studies of thickness dependent structural behavior in oxide thin films Albina Borisevich, Qian He, Stephen Jesse, Andrew Akbashev, Jonathan Spanier, Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera, Bobby Sumpter Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P30.00010: Electrical properties of solid-solution SrZr$_{\mathrm{x}}$Ti$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$O$_{\mathrm{3}}$ grown epitaxially on Ge by molecular beam epitaxy Reza Moghadam, Kamyar Ahmadi, Z.-Y Xiao, Xia Hong, Joseph Ngai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P30.00011: First principles study of Al/SrTiO$_{3}$ interface formation Ali Hamze, Agham Posadas, Kristy Kormondy, Alexander Demkov Preview Abstract

Session P31: Water at Interfaces: From Spectroscopy Techniques to Computer Simulations

Sponsoring Units: DCP
Chair: Songi Han
Room: 331

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P31.00001: Water at surfaces with tunable surface chemistries and the chiral imprint of water around DNA. Invited Speaker: Poul Petersen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P31.00002: Molecular Views of Water at the Water/Air and Water/Lipid Interface Invited Speaker: Mischa Bonn Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P31.00003: Correlation between Pyroelectricity and Alignment of Interfacial Water. David Ehre, Elena Meirzadeh, Alik Belitzky, Eran Mishuk, Meir Lahav, Igor Lubomirsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:30PM		P31.00004: High-resolution imaging and spectroscopy of interfacial water at single bond limit. Invited Speaker: Ying Jiang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 5:06PM		P31.00005: Water at lipid and surfactant interfaces---structure, dynamics, and spectroscopy Invited Speaker: James Skinner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P31.00006: Orientational dynamics of water at an extended hydrophobic interface Florian Figge, Shunhao Xiao, John A. McGuire, Guillaume Stirnemann, Damien Laage Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P31.00007: Water Adsorption on the LaMnO$_3$ Surface Chris Billman, Yan Wang, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract

Session P32: Quantum Thermoelectric Systems

Sponsoring Units: DMP GERA FIAP
Chair: Jeff Urban, Molecular Foundry, UC Berkeley
Room: 332

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P32.00001: Evolutionary structure search of efficient thermoelectric compounds Maribel N\'u\~nez Valdez, Artem Oganov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P32.00002: High-throughput screening for thermoelectric sulphides by using crystal structure features as descriptors Ruizhi Zhang, Baoli Du, Kan Chen, Mike Reece Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P32.00003: Thermal Conductivities in Solids from First Principles: Accurate Computations and Rapid Estimates Christian Carbogno, Matthias Scheffler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P32.00004: Local thermoelectric probes of nonequilibrium quantum systems Invited Speaker: Charles Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P32.00005: Nanoelectronic primary thermometry below 4 millikelvin Matthew Sarsby, Richard Haley, David Ian Bradley, Richard George, Yuri Pashkin, Jonathan Prance, David Gunnarsson, Hannele Heikkinen, Mika Prunnila, Penttilä Jari, Leif Roschier Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P32.00006: Thermoelectric Corrections to Quantum Measurement Justin Bergfield, Mark Ratner, Charles Stafford, Massimiliano Di Ventra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P32.00007: Deciphering the Landauer-B\"uttiker Transmission Function from Single Molecule Break Junction Experiments Matthew Reuter, Stephen Tschudi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P32.00008: A simple Quantum heat engine operating between two negative temperatures Tolasa A DIMA, Mulugeta Bekele Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P32.00009: Thermal Memristive Devices Luke Shapiro, Kamil Walczak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P32.00010: Density of States for Warped or non-Warped Energy Bands Nicholas Mecholsky, Lorenzo Resca, Ian Pegg, Marco Fornari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P32.00011: A generalized Sommerfeld expansion for thermopower calculation Jie Gu, Xiaoguang Zhang, Hai-Ping Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P32.00012: Temperature Dependent Structure of Thermoelectric Ca3Co4O9 Tao Wu, Trevor Tyson, Han Zhang, Milinda Abeykoon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P32.00013: DYNAMICAL CORRECTION OF THERMOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS FOR STRONGLY INTERACTING ELECTRONS IN THE COULOMB BLOCKADE REGIME Kaike Yang Preview Abstract

Session P33: Organic Electronics and Photonics - Structure-Property Relationships

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Diru Ratnaweera, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Room: 336

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P33.00001: Molecular dynamics simulations for the study of optical properties in conjugated semiconducting molecules Jack Wildman, Jean-Christophe Denis, Peter Repi\v{s}\v{c}\'{a}k, Martin J. Paterson, Ian Galbraith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P33.00002: Directed self-assembly of $\pi $-conjugated oligopeptides for supramolecular electronics. Bo Li, Songsong Li, Yuecheng Zhou, John Tovar, William Wilson, Charles Schroeder Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P33.00003: In-situ observation of dynamic processes during organic semiconductor thin film deposition and strain-stabilization of metastable states Yang Li, Jing Wan, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Nicole Bouffard, Richard Sun, Randall Headrick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P33.00004: Transient phases during crystallization of solution-processed organic thin films Jing Wan, Yang Li, Jeffery Ulbrandt, Detlef-M Smilgies, Jonathan Hollin, Adam Whalley, Randall Headrick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P33.00005: Critical Role of Processing on the Thermoelectric Performance of Doped Semiconducting Polymers Shrayesh Patel, Anne Glaudell, Michael Chabinyc Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P33.00006: Influence of Molecular Shape on Molecular Orientation and Stability of Vapor-Deposited Organic Semiconductors Diane M. Walters, Noah D. Johnson, M. D. Ediger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P33.00007: Selective crystallization of conjugated polymers into nanowires from graphene coated surfaces. Daniel Acevedo-Cartagena, Jiaxin Zhu, Elvira Trabanino, Emily Pentzer, Todd Emrick, Alejandro Briseño, Stephen Nonnenmann, Ryan Hayward Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P33.00008: Surface induced alignment for semiflexible polymers Wenlin Zhang, Enrique Gomez, Scott Milner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P33.00009: Revealing molecular order inside and between PBTTT nanoribbons through the polarized X-ray scattering Brian Collins, Dean Delongchamp Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P33.00010: Charge Transport in Conjugated Block Copolymers BRANDON SMITH, THINH LE, YOUNGMIN LEE, ENRIQUE GOMEZ Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P33.00011: Selective crystallization of regioregularity controlled polythiophene for enhancing mechanical stability and electronic performance. Hyeong Jun Kim, Hojeong Yu, Jae Han Kim, Jin-Sung Kim, Taek Soo Kim, Joon Hak Oh, Bumjoon Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P33.00012: Regio regularity effects on chain mobility and entanglement for poly(3-hexylthiophene) Renxuan Xie, Enrique Gomez, Ralph Colby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P33.00013: Controlling the out-of-plane orientation of solution-processed organic semiconductor crystals Xiaoshen Bai, Megan Hand, Jack Ly, Alejandro Briseno, Stephanie Lee Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P33.00014: Birefringence and Enhanced Stability in Stable Organic Glasses Tianyi Liu, Annemarie Exarhos, Kevin Cheng, Tiezheng Jia, Patrick Walsh, Jay Kikkawa, Zahra Fakhraai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P33.00015: Traversing the polymorphic landscape through tuning molecule-molecule, molecule-substrate and molecule-solvent interactions Geoffrey Purdum, Thomas Gessner, R. Thomas Weitz, Yueh-Lin Loo Preview Abstract

Session P34: Biopolymers and Biohybrid Polymers - Assembly and Thermodynamics

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Muzhou Wang, NIST
Room: 337

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P34.00001: Thermodynamics, morphology, and kinetics of early- stage self-assembly of pi-conjugated oligopeptides Bryce Thurston, John Tovar, Andrew Ferguson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P34.00002: Bridging Length Scales to Study Self-Assembly and Self-Organization Bryan Kaye, Daniel Needleman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P34.00003: Creating Ordered Antibody Arrays with Antibody-Polymer Conjugates. Xuehui Dong, Allie Obermeyer, Bradley Olsen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P34.00004: Self-assembly of Artificial Actin Filaments Christopher Grosenick, Shengfeng Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P34.00005: Intermediate-filaments: from disordered building blocks to well-ordered cells. Micha Kornreich, Eti Malka-Gibor, Adi Laser-Azogui, Ofer Doron, Ram Avinery, Harald Herrmann, Roy Beck Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P34.00006: The effect of local melting of DNA on DNA loop formation Jiyoun Jeong, Harold Kim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P34.00007: Effect of Backbone Design on Hybridization Thermodynamics of Oligo-nucleic Acids: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Ahmadreza F. Ghobadi, Arthi Jayaraman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P34.00008: Pore Diameter Dependence and Segmental Dynamics of Poly-Z-L-lysine and Poly-L-alanine Confined in 1D Nanocylindrical Geometry Eylul tuncel, Yasuhito Suzuki, Agathaggelos Iossifidis, Martin Steinhart, Hans-Jurgen Butt, George Floudas, Hatice Duran Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P34.00009: Effects of spermine binding on Taxol-stabilized microtubules Shengfeng Cheng, Chola Regmi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P34.00010: Tuning the entropic spring to dictate order and functionality in polymer conjugated peptide biomaterials Invited Speaker: Sinan Keten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P34.00011: Thermal Properties of Silk Fibroin Using Fast Scanning Calorimetry Peggy Cebe, Benjamin Partlow, David Kaplan, Andreas Wurm, Evgeny Zhuravlev, Christoph Schick Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P34.00012: Long-term Controlled Drug Release from bi-component Electrospun Fibers Shanshan Xu, Zixin Zhang, Qinghua Xia, Charles Han Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P34.00013: Correlation Between Chain Architecture and Hydration Water Structure in Polysaccharides Michael Grossutti, John Dutcher Preview Abstract

Session P35: Physics of Sensorimotor Neural Circuits II

Sponsoring Units: DBIO
Chair: Alex Koulakov, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory
Room: 338

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P35.00001: Old and new news about single-photon sensitivity in human vision Philip Nelson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P35.00002: Matching tutors and students: effective strategies for information transfer between circuits Tiberiu Tesileanu, Vijay Balasubramanian, Bence Olveczky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P35.00003: Sensory stimuli reduce the dimensionality of cortical activity Luca Mazzucato, Alfredo Fontanini, Giancarlo La Camera Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P35.00004: Patterns in nature shape human visual perception. Invited Speaker: Ann Hermundstad Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P35.00005: Nonlinear Bayesian cue integration explains the dynamics of vocal learning Baohua Zhou, Samuel Sober, Ilya Nemenman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P35.00006: Neurocontrol in sensory cortex Jason Ritt, Anirban Nandi, Joseph Schroeder, ShiNung Ching Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P35.00007: Dynamical encoding of looming, receding, and focussing.~ Andre Longtin, Stephen Elisha Clarke, Leonard Maler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P35.00008: Songbird Respiration is Controlled by Multispike Patterns at Millisecond Temporal Resolution Caroline Holmes, Kyle Srivastava, Michiel Vellema, Coen Elemans, Ilya Nemenman, Samuel Sober Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P35.00009: The primary visual cortex in the neural circuit for visual orienting Li Zhaoping Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P35.00010: Distributed multisensory integration in a recurrent network model through supervised learning He Wang, K. Y. Michael Wong Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P35.00011: Learning tinnitus J. Leo van Hemmen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P35.00012: Simulating Visual Learning and Optical Illusions via a Network-Based Genetic Algorithm Theodore Siu, Miguel Vivar, Troy Shinbrot Preview Abstract

Session P36: Frontiers of Liquid Crystals: From Colloids to Chiral Liquid Crystals

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT
Chair: Randy Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
Room: 339

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P36.00001: Directed self-assembly of colloidal particles onto the chemically anchoring patterned surface in a nematic liquid crystal Xiao Li, Julio Armas-P\'erez, Juan Hern\´andez-Ortiz, Juan de Pablo, Paul Nealey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P36.00002: Self-assembly and separation of nematic colloids through photo-patterned molecular orientation Chenhui Peng, Yubing Guo, Christopher Conklin, Jorge Viñals, Sergij Shiyanovskii, Qi-Huo Wei, Oleg Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P36.00003: Directed Self-assembly of Colloidal Particles on a Blue Phase I Interface Jose Martinez-Gonzalez, Ye Zhou, Monirosadat Sadati, Nicholas Abbott, Juan de Pablo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P36.00004: Three-Dimensional Topological Solitons in Chiral Liquid Crystals and Ferromagnetic Colloids. Invited Speaker: Ivan Smalyukh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P36.00005: Brownian Dynamics of Colloidal Particles in Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals Angel Martinez, Peter J. Collings, Arjun G. Yodh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P36.00006: Dielectric Anisotropy of Gold Nanoparticle Colloids in Nematic Liquid Crystals Angelo Visco, Jon Foust, Rizwan Mahmood, Joseph Belobradich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P36.00007: Colloidal Transport within Nematics with Arrays of Obstacles Kui Chen, Olivia Gebhardt, German Drazer, Daniel Reich, Robert Leheny Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P36.00008: Colloidal interactions and self-assembly of plasmonic metal pyramids in nematic liquid crystals. Sungoh Park, Ivan Smalyukh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P36.00009: Co-dispersion of plasmonic nanorods in thermotropic nematic liquid crystals Ghadah Sheetah, Qinkun Liu, Ivan Smalukh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P36.00010: Tactoids of chiral liquid crystals Viviana Palacio-Betancur, Stiven Villada-Gil, Ye Zhou, Julio C. Armas-Pérez, Juan José de Pablo, Juan Pablo Hernández-Ortiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P36.00011: Chiral liquid crystals: the vestigial chiral phases of $T$, $O$, $I$ matter Jaakko Nissinen, Ke Liu, Robert-Jan Slager, Kai Wu, Jan Zaanen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P36.00012: Structures of cholesteric liquid crystals confined in rectangular micro-channels Qi-Huo Wei, Yubing Guo, Jie Xiang, Oleg Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P36.00013: Cooking skyrmions: modeling temperature dependence of defect textures in cholesteric liquid crystals Sajedeh Afghah, Andrew Konya, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract

Session P37: Soft Matter Interfaces: BIo-, Dielectrics, Transport and Other Phenomena

Sponsoring Units: GSOFT DPOLY
Chair: Silvina Matysiak, University of Maryland, College Park
Room: 340

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P37.00001: Nonlinear transport of soft droplets in pore networks Franck Vernerey, Eduard Benet Cerda, Kanghyeon Koo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P37.00002: Simulation of non-ionic surfactant micelle formation across a range of temperature and pressure Gregory Custer, Payel Das, Silvina Matysiak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P37.00003: On the pH of Aqueous Attoliter-Volume Droplets Kieran P. Ramos, Samson S. Velpula, Trevor B. Demille, Ryan Pajela, Lori S. Goldner Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P37.00004: Electrolyte-mediated adsorption to neutral and dielectric interfaces Jos Zwanikken, Yufei Jing, Vikram Jadhao, Monica Olvera de la Cruz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P37.00005: Dipolar fluids near a dielectric surface Ziwei Wang, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P37.00006: Dielectric effects on the ion distribution near a Janus colloid Huanxin Wu, Ming Han, Erik Luijten Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P37.00007: Preventing Oxide Adhesion of Liquid Metal Alloys to Enable Actuation in Microfluidic Systems Ishan Joshipura, Alexander Johnson, Hudson Ayers, Michael Dickey Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P37.00008: Confining capillary waves to control aerosol droplet size from surface acoustic wave nebulisation Elijah Nazarzadeh, Julien Reboud, Rab Wilson, Jonathan M. Cooper Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P37.00009: Scaling Laws for liquid and ion transport in nanochannels grafted with polyelectrolyte brushes Guang Chen, Shayandev Sinha, Siddhartha Das Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P37.00010: Entropic changes in liquid gallium clusters: understanding the anomalous melting temperatures Nicola Gaston, Krista Steenbergen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P37.00011: Thermocapillary Technique for Shaping and Fabricating Optical Ribbon Waveguides Kevin Fiedler, Sandra Troian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P37.00012: Relaxations of star-shaped polystyrene melts approaching the colloidal limit Kyle Johnson, Emmanouil Glynos, Georgios Sakellariou, Peter Green Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P37.00013: The origin of star-shaped oscillations of Leidenfrost drops Xiaolei Ma, Justin C. Burton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P37.00014: The intrinsic structure of liquid interfaces Marcello Sega, Pal Jedlovszky, Balazs Fabian, George Horvai Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P37.00015: Out of equilibrium GigaPa Young modulus of water nanobridge probed by Force Feedback Microscopy Simon Carpentier, Mario S.Rodrigues, Miguel Vitorino, Luca Costa, Elisabeth Charlaix, Joel Chevrier Preview Abstract

Session P38: Glasses Altered by Interfaces II

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY GSOFT
Chair: Mesfin Tsige, University of Akron
Room: 341

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P38.00001: \textbf{In Situ Analysis of the Glass Transition Temperature of Irreversibly Adsorbed Polymer Nanolayers} Mary Burroughs, Rodney Priestley Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P38.00002: Tailoring Glassy Dynamics on the Nanoscale: Covalent Bonding versus Physical Adsorption in Polymer-based Nanocomposites Adam Holt, Vera Bocharova, Shiwang Cheng, Alexander Kisliuk, Adam Imel, Thusithia Etampawala, Tyler White, Tomonori Saito, Nicole Sikes, Mark Dadmun, Alexei Sokolov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P38.00003: Polymer Dynamics Effects on Solute Transport in Hairy Nanoparticle Membranes Eileen Buenning, Connor Bilchak, Christopher Durning, Brian Benicewicz, Alexei Sokolov, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P38.00004: \textbf{Effect of Molecular Architecture on Polymer Melt Surface Dynamics} Invited Speaker: Mark Foster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P38.00005: Relaxation processes and glass transition in confined 1,4-polybutadiene films: A Molecular Dynamics study Wolfgang Paul, Mathieu Solar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P38.00006: Unusual Molecular Weight Dependence to the Physical Aging of Thin Polystyrene Films Michael Thees, Connie Roth Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P38.00007: Effects of molecular weight and tacticity on the Tg of poly(methyl methacrylate) films supported by silica Kun Geng, Fei Chen, Ophelia Tsui Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P38.00008: Chain conformation near the substrate interface in nanoparticle stabilized polymer thin films Deborah Barkley, Mani Sen, Naisheng Jiang, Maya Endoh, Tadanori Koga, Guangcui Yuan, Sushil Satija, Yugang Zhang, Oleg Gang, Alamgir Karim Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P38.00009: The Effect of Acid-Base Interactions on Conformation of Adsorbed Polymer Chains Nishad Dhopatkar, He Zhu, Ali Dhinojwala Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P38.00010: Surfactants at Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Water Interface: Physics of Surfactants, Counter-Ions, and Hydration Shell Ketan S. Khare, Frederick R. Phelan Jr. Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P38.00011: Polyethylene oxide hydration in grafted layers. Elena Dormidontova, Zilu Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P38.00012: The Unusual Conformational Behavior of Polyzwitterionic Brushes in Aqueous Solutions Jun Mao, Wei Chen, Guangcui Yuan, Jing Yu, Matthew Tirrell Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P38.00013: Homopolymer Adsorption on Hexagonal Surfaces: A Replica-Exchange Monte Carlo Study Benjamin Liewehr, Michael Bachmann Preview Abstract

Session P39: Information Processing in Cellular Signaling and Gene Regulation

Sponsoring Units: DBIO GSNP
Chair: Andrew J. Mugler, Purdue University
Room: 342

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P39.00001: Towards a predictive theory for genetic regulatory networks Invited Speaker: Gasper Tkacik Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P39.00002: Theory of optimal information transmission in E. coli chemotaxis pathway Gabriele Micali, Robert G. Endres Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P39.00003: BMP4 density gradient in disk-shaped confinement Behnaz Bozorgui, Hamid Teimouri, Anatoly B. Kolomeisky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P39.00004: Mechanical Feedback and Arrest in Gene Expression Stuart Sevier, Herbert Levine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P39.00005: Information processing in multi-step signaling pathways Ambhi Ganesan, Archer Hamidzadeh, Jin Zhang, Andre Levchenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P39.00006: Towards Predictive Modeling of Information Processing in Microbial Ecosystems With Quorum-Sensing Interactions Tahir Yusufaly, James Boedicker Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P39.00007: Thermodynamics of nuclear transport Ching-Hao Wang, Pankaj Mehta, Michael Elbaum Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P39.00008: Vector Encoding in Biochemical Networks Garrett Potter, Bo Sun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P39.00009: Deciphering the Minimal Algorithm for Development and Information-genesis. Zhiyuan Li, Chao Tang, Hao Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 5:18PM		P39.00010: Reliable Signal Transduction Invited Speaker: Roy Wollman Preview Abstract

Session P40: More Geometry and Dynamics: Wrinkling, Folding, Snapping, etc.

Sponsoring Units: GSNP GSOFT
Chair: Dominic Vella, Oxford University
Room: 343

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P40.00001: Rolling Wrinkles on Elastic Substrates Michael Imburgia, Alfred Crosby Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P40.00002: Slow frictional waves Koushik Viswanathan, Narayan Sundaram, Srinivasan Chandrasekar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P40.00003: Poking around: how indentation reveals wrinkly isometries Dominic Vella, Hamid Ebrahimi, Joseph Paulsen, Ashkan Vaziri, Narayanan Menon, Benny Davidovitch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P40.00004: Curvature-induced stiffness and the spatial variation of wavelength in wrinkled sheets Narayanan Menon, JD Paulsen, Evan Hohfeld, Hunter King, Jiangshui Huang, Thomas Russell, Zhanlong Qiu, Benny Davidovitch, Dominic Vella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P40.00005: Geometry-driven folding transitions in floating thin films Joseph D. Paulsen, Vincent D\'emery, K. Bugra Toga, Zhanlong Qiu, Benny Davidovitch, Thomas P. Russell, Narayanan Menon Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P40.00006: Ribbon curling Anne Juel, Chris Prior, Julien Moussou, Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, Oliver Jensen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P40.00007: Periodic Buckling Patterns On Constrained Elastic Shells. Joel Marthelot, Anna Lee, Pierre-Thomas Brun, Francisco Lopez Jimenez, Pedro M. Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P40.00008: Defect-controlled buckling of depressurized elastic shells Anna Lee, Joel Marthelot, Francisco López Jiménez, Pierre-Thomas Brun, Pedro Reis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P40.00009: Stress Localization in Elastic Shells Sarah Selden, Arthur Evans, Nakul Bende, Ryan Hayward, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P40.00010: Regularizing rigidifying curves to understand the low-energy deformations of thin shells Salem Al Mosleh, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P40.00011: Hunting for ghosts in elastic snap-through Michael Gomez, Derek E. Moulton, Dominic Vella Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P40.00012: One Bend, Two Bend: Stepping Towards a Complex Folded Object. Andrew Croll, Damith Rozairo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P40.00013: Wrinkling Instability Induced by Imposed Gaussian Curvature in the Zero-tension Limit Yiwei Sun, Benny Davidovitch, Gregory Grason Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P40.00014: Geometry of Thin Nematic Elastomer Sheets Hillel Aharoni, Eran Sharon, Raz Kupferman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P40.00015: Unpredictable Motion and Post-chaotic Self-Organization of Flexible Structures. Nicholas Nechitailo Preview Abstract

Session P41: Physics of Proteins: Structure and Dynamics I

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DPOLY DCOMP
Chair: Corey O'Hearn, Yale University
Room: 344

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P41.00001: Infrared Structural Biology: Detect Functionally Important Structural Motions of Proteins Invited Speaker: Aihua Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P41.00002: Quantifying the Energy Landscape Statistics in Proteins - a Relaxation Mode Analysis Zhikun Cai, Yang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P41.00003: The Onset of Collective Structural Vibrations at the Protein Dynamical Transition Mengyang Xu, Katherine A. Niessen, Yanting Deng, Nigel S. Michki, Edward H. Snell, Andrea G. Markelz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P41.00004: Structural and Dynamic Analysis on IDPs by Modified AWSEM-MD Hao Wu, Garegin Papoian Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P41.00005: Capturing high temperature protein conformations for low-temperature study using ultra-fast cooling David Moreau, Hakan Atakisi, Robert Thorne Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P41.00006: Protein Conformational Entropy is Independent of Solvent . Nathaniel Nucci, Veronica Moorman, John Gledhill, Kathleen Valentine, A. Joshua Wand Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P41.00007: Moving in the Right Direction: Evolution of Protein Structural Vibrations with Functional State and Mutation Katherine Niessen, Mengyang Xu, Edward Snell, Andrea Markelz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P41.00008: The Molecular Dynamics Study of the Structural Conversions in the Transformer Protein RfaH Jeevan GC, Bernard Gerstman, Prem Chapagain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P41.00009: Motional displacements in proteins incorporating dynamical diversity Derya Vural, Jeremy Smith, Henry Glyde Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P41.00010: Microsecond dynamics of mismatch repair proteins Freddie Salsbury, William Thompson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P41.00011: Intermediate State Dependence of Intramolecular Vibrations in Photoactive Yellow Protein Yanting Deng, Mengyang Xu, Katherine Niessen, Marius Schmidt, Andrea Markelz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P41.00012: Structure and dynamics of Ebola virus matrix protein VP40 by a coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation Ras Pandey, Barry Farmer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P41.00013: \textbf{Effects of pressure on the dynamics of a hyperthermophilic protein revealed by quasielastic neutron scattering} U. R. Shrestha, D. Bhowmik, J. R. D. Copley, M. Tyagi, J. B. Leao, X.-Q. Chu Preview Abstract

Session P42: Small Molecule Transport in Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites I - Industry Day

Sponsoring Units: DPOLY
Chair: Praveen Agarwal, Dow Chemical Company
Room: 345

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P42.00001: Chemical and Temperature Effects on Diffusion in a Model Polymer/Nanoparticle Composite Dustin Janes, Christopher Durning Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P42.00002: Controlling Free Volume for Permeability enhancement in Polymer-Grafted Nanocomposites Connor Bilchak, Eileen Buenning, Sanat Kumar, Christopher Durning, Brian Benicewicz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P42.00003: Gas Transport in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles Kai Zhang, Sanat Kumar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P42.00004: Understanding transport in model water desalination membranes Invited Speaker: Edwin Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P42.00005: Salt transport properties of model reverse osmosis membranes using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Kathleen Feldman, Edwin Chan, Gery Stafford, Christopher Stafford Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P42.00006: Using Indentation to Characterize Water Transport and Structure in Nafion Thin Films Eric Davis, Nichole Nadermann, Kirt Page, Christopher Stafford, Edwin Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P42.00007: Water and polymer dynamics in highly crosslinked polyamide membranes Bradley Frieberg, Edwin Chan, Madhu Tyagi, Christopher Stafford, Christopher Soles Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P42.00008: CO$_{2}$ adsorption in a hierarchically structured carbon by SANS Lilin He, Jitendra Bahadur, Yuri Melnichenko, Cristian Contescu, Nidia Gallego Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P42.00009: Characterization of nanoscale spatial distribution of small molecules in amorphous polymer matrices Ralm Ricarte, Marc Hillmyer, Timothy Lodge Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P42.00010: Quantitative monitoring of membrane permeation via in-situ ATR FT-IR spectroscopy Bryan Beckingham, Daniel Miller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P42.00011: Transport of Water in Semicrystalline Block Copolymer Membranes Daniel Hallinan, Onyekachi Oparaji Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P42.00012: Elasticity dominated surface segregation of small molecules in polymer mixtures Salvatore Croce, Jaroslaw Krawczyk, Tom McLeish, Buddhapriya Chakrabarti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P42.00013: Anomalous Diffusion of Water in Lamellar Membranes Formed by Pluronic Polymers Zhe Zhang, Michael Ohl, Youngkyu Han, Gregory Smith, Changwoo Do Preview Abstract

Session P43: Granular Materials

Sponsoring Units: GSNP GSOFT
Chair: Eric DeGiuli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Room: 346

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P43.00001: A Phase Diagram Unifies Energy Dissipation, Kinetics, and Rheology in Inertial Granular Flows Eric DeGiuli, Jim McElwaine, Matthieu Wyart Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P43.00002: Enhanced Flow of Granular Material George McMurdy, Scott Franklin, Charles Bachmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P43.00003: Solid-liquid like phase transition in a confined granular suspension Nariaki Sakai, Frederic Lechenault, Mokhtar Adda Bedia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P43.00004: Forces and Flows in Non-Newtonian Suspensions Melody Lim, Jonathan Bares, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P43.00005: Cooling of 3D Granular Gases: Experiments in Microgravity Kirsten Harth, Sandra Wegner, Torsten Trittel, Ralf Stannarius Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P43.00006: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P43.00007: Flying in a sandstorm: granular flow dynamics around an intruder Yasin Karim, Eric Corwin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P43.00008: Collisional Model of the Stopping Force of 3D Granular Impact Cacey Stevens, Jonathan Bares, Robert Behringer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P43.00009: Real-time magnetic resonance imaging of highly dynamic granular phenomena Alexander Penn, Klaas P. Pruessmann, Christoph Müller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P43.00010: Investigation of the effect of wall friction on the flow rate in 2D and 3D Granular Flow Brenda Carballo-Ramirez, Mollie Pleau, Nalini Easwar, Sumit Birwa, Neil Shah, Shubha Tewari Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P43.00011: Normal coefficient of restitution of wet particles Kai Huang, Thomas Mueller, Ingo Rehberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P43.00012: Long-term behavior of granular chains held between walls is really equilibrium. Michelle Przedborski, Surajit Sen, Thad Harroun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P43.00013: Experimental observations of root growth in a controlled photoelastic granular material Serge Mora, Jonathan Bares, Jean-Yves Delenne, Thierry Fourcaud Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P43.00014: Topological interlocking provides stiffness to stochastically micro-cracked materials beyond the transport percolation limit. Anirban Pal, Catalin Picu, Marian V. Lupulescu Preview Abstract

Session P44: Quantum Error Correction

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Jacob Taylor, University of Maryland / NIST
Room: 347

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P44.00001: A universal fault-tolerant gate set for the 5-qubit quantum code Theodore Yoder, Ryuji Takagi, Isaac Chuang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P44.00002: Quantum fault-tolerant thresholds for universal concatenated schemes Christopher Chamberland, Tomas Jochym-O'Connor, Raymond Laflamme Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P44.00003: Critical parameters of a noise model that affect fault tolerant quantum computation on a single qubit Pavithran Iyer, Marcus P da Silva, David Poulin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P44.00004: Doubled Color Codes Invited Speaker: Sergey Bravyi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P44.00005: Efficiently simulable approximations to realistic incoherent and coherent errors and their application to threshold estimation Mauricio Gutierrez, Kenneth Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P44.00006: Decoder for 3-D color codes Kung-Chuan Hsu, Todd Brun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P44.00007: High-threshold decoding algorithms for the gauge color code William Zeng, Benjamin Brown Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P44.00008: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P44.00009: Potts glass reflection of the decoding threshold for qudit quantum error correcting codes Yi Jiang, Alexey A. Kovalev, Leonid P. Pryadko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P44.00010: Fault-tolerant quantum computation in multiqubit block codes: performance and overhead Todd Brun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P44.00011: Numerical Simulation of Coherent Error Correction Daniel Crow, Robert Joynt, Mark Saffman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P44.00012: Noise Estimation and Adaptive Encoding for Asymmetric Quantum Error Correcting Codes Jan FLORJANCZYK, Todd Brun Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P44.00013: Details of [[7,1,3]] Syndrome Measurements Yaakov Weinstein Preview Abstract

Session P45: Semiconductor Qubits: Quantum Dot / Donor Devices and Readout

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: John Gamble, Sandia National Laboratory
Room: 348

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P45.00001: Nuclear-driven electron spin rotations in a coupled silicon quantum dot and single donor system Patrick Harvey-Collard, Noah Tobias Jacobson, Martin Rudolph, Gregory A. Ten Eyck, Joel R. Wendt, Tammy Pluym, Michael P. Lilly, Michel Pioro-Ladrière, Malcolm S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P45.00002: All-electrical control of a singlet-triplet qubit coupled to a single nuclear spin N. Tobias Jacobson, Patrick Harvey-Collard, Andrew Baczewski, John Gamble, Martin Rudolph, Erik Nielsen, Richard Muller, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P45.00003: Full Controllability of a Singlet-Triplet Qubit Coupled to a Nuclear Spin Qubit Andrew D. Baczewski, John King Gamble, N. Tobias Jacobson, Richard P. Muller, Erik Nielsen, Stephen M. Carr, Malcolm S. Carroll, Matthew Curry, Patrick Harvey-Collard, Ryan M. Jock, Martin Rudolph Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P45.00004: Transport through an impurity tunnel coupled to a Si/SiGe quantum dot Ryan H. Foote, Daniel R. Ward, J.R. Prance, John King Gamble, Erik Nielsen, Brandur Thorgrimsson, D.E. Savage, A.L. Saraiva, Mark Friesen, S.N. Coppersmith, M.A. Eriksson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P45.00005: Silicon quantum dots with counted antimony donor implants Meenakshi Singh, Jose Pacheco, Daniel Perry, Joel Wendt, Ronald Manginell, Jason Dominguez, Tammy Pluym, Dwight Luhman, Edward Bielejec, Michael Lilly, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P45.00006: Detection of ion implanted patterns in silicon using STM Hyun-Soo Kim, A.N. Ramanayaka, K.J. Dwyer, M.D. Stewart Jr., J.M. Pomeroy Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P45.00007: Atomistic simulations of negatively charged donor states probed in STM experiments Archana Tankasala, Joe Salfi, Sven Rogge, Gerhard Klimeck, Rajib Rahman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P45.00008: Atomic Precision Donor Devices Fabricated on Strained Silicon on Insulator (sSOI) with SiGe E. Yitamben, E. Bussmann, D.A. Scrymgeour, M. Rudolph, S.M. Carr, D.R. Ward, M.S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P45.00009: Low-frequency conductance fluctuations in Si:P and Ge:P $\delta$-layers Saquib Shamim, Suddhasatta Mahapatra, Giordano Scappucci, W. M. Klesse, Michelle Y. Simmons, Arindam Ghosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P45.00010: Weak measurement and quantum steering of spin qubits in silicon Andrea Morello, Juha Muhonen, Stephanie Simmons, Solomon Freer, Juan Dehollain, Jeffrey McCallum, David Jamieson, Kohei Itoh, Andrew Dzurak Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P45.00011: Single-Shot Charge Readout Using a Cryogenic Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Preamplifier Inline with a Silicon Single Electron Transistor at Millikelvin Temperatures Matthew Curry, Troy England, Joel Wendt, Tammy Pluym, Michael Lilly, Stephen Carr, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P45.00012: Flexible Low-power SiGe HBT Amplifier Circuits for Fast Single-shot Spin Readout Troy England, Michael Lilly, Matthew Curry, Stephen Carr, Malcolm Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P45.00013: Dispersively Detected Pauli Spin-Blockade in a Silicon Nanowire Field-Effect Transistor Andreas Betz, R Wacquez, M. Vinet, X. Jehl, A.L. Saraiva, M. Sanquer, A.J. Ferguson, M.F. Gonzalez-Zalba Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P45.00014: Characterization and Monte Carlo simulation of single ion Geiger mode avalanche diodes integrated with a quantum dot nanostructure Peter Sharma, J. B. S. Abraham, G. Ten Eyck, K. D. Childs, E. Bielejec, M. S. Carroll Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P45.00015: Joint measurement of electron spin qubits via proximal conductance Jason Kestner Preview Abstract

Session P46: Metals III

Sponsoring Units: DCMP
Chair: Michael Mehl, NRL
Room: 311

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P46.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P46.00002: Orbital-free ab initio molecular dynamics study of the free liquid surface of Cd. Beatriz Gonzalez del Rio, Luis Enrique Gonzalez Tesedo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P46.00003: \textbf{A parametric study of surface roughness and bonding mechanisms of aluminum alloys with epoxies: a molecular dynamics simulation.} Rajendra Timilsina, Stephanie TerMaath Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P46.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P46.00005: Viscoelastic damping in crystalline composites and alloys Raghavan Ranganathan, Rahmi Ozisik, Pawel Keblinski Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P46.00006: A general and predictive model of anisotropic grain boundary energy and morphology for polycrystal-level simulations Brandon Runnels, Irene Beyerlein, Sergio Conti, Michael Ortiz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P46.00007: Atomic-Scale Imprinting into Amorphous Metals Udo Schwarz, Rui Li, Georg Simon, Emely Kinser, Ze Liu, Zheng Chen, Chao Zhou, Jonathan Singer, Chinedum Osuji, Jan Schroers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P46.00008: First principles study of lattice disordering and magnetic behavior in CuNiMnAl and CuNiMnSn Heusler alloys Shifrah Aron-Dine, Gregory Pomrehn, Aurora Pribram-Jones, Lori Bassman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P46.00009: First principles statistical mechanics of alloys and magnetism Markus Eisenbach, Suffian N. Khan, Ying Wai Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P46.00010: First-principles Co database: Energetics of binary Co alloys and compounds Shahab Naghavi, Vinay Hegde, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P46.00011: X-ray measurements of the self-organization of martensitic variants during thermal cycling Daniel Perez, Mark Sutton, Michael Rogers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P46.00012: Long-time atomistic evolution of grain boundary in nickel using the kinetic activation-relaxation technique Sami Mahmoud, Mickaël Trochet, Oscar Restrepo, normand Mousseau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P46.00013: Fluid-like flows in large-strain deformation of metals Ho Yeung, Dinakar Sagapuram, Koushik Viswanathan, Narayan Sundaram, Anirban Mahato, Kevin Trumble, Srinivasan Chandrasekar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P46.00014: Grain Growth in Cerium Metal Jason Cooley, Martha Katz, Charles Mielke, Joel Montalvo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P46.00015: Ab initio calculation of oxygen self-diffusion coefficient in uranium dioxide UO$_{2}$ Boris Dorado, Philippe Garcia, Marc Torrent Preview Abstract

Session P47: Beyond the Lab: Bringing History and Physics to the Public

Sponsoring Units: FOEP
Room: 312

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P47.00001: \textbf{Creating a Community to Strengthen the Broader Impacts of Condensed Matter Physics Research} Shireen Adenwalla, Jocelyn Bosley, Gregory Voth, Leigh Smith Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P47.00002: Schr\"{o}dinger's Magnetic Ambitions: His Attempts in the 1940s to Understand Terrestrial Magnetism through a Unitary Field Theory. Paul Halpern Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P47.00003: The Schrödinger Sessions: Science for Science Fiction Chad Orzel, Emily Edwards, Steven Rolston Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P47.00004: Layman friendly spectroscopy Stipo Sentic, Sharon Sessions Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P47.00005: Value of Fundamental Science Alexey Burov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P47.00006: Putting Research in the Classroom: A Partnership for Curriculum Building Nathan Tompkins, Anique Olivier-Mason Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P47.00007: Discover Science Initiative, outreach and professional development at the University of California, Irvine Jill Pestana, James Earthman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P47.00008: Texas A\&M Physics Festival: bringing together the community, faculty, and students Tatiana Erukhimova Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P47.00009: Movie Physics: pirates, spies and other worlds. Beatriz Gonzalez del Rio, V. Gonzalez-Fernandez, J.L. Martin, L. Sanchez-Tejerina, G. Perez, L. Ares, E. Vasallo, P. Martin, V. Villa, S. Garcia, M. Vara, S. Martin, P. Alvarez, C. Gonzalez, P. Lopez, M.A. Burgos, V.M. Gonzalez, J. Carbajo, C. Velasco-Merino, F. Hevia, F. Martinez, J.F. Martinez, D. Gonzalez-Herrero, A.H. Gloriani, D. Mateos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P47.00010: Title: SCOAP$^{3}$: Explanation and Current Status Matthew Marsteller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P47.00011: First Megascience Experiment at Fermilab: Through Hardship to Protons Vitaly Pronskikh, Valerie Higgins Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P47.00012: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P47.00013: The Japanese aerial attack on Hanford Engineer Works Charles W. Clark Preview Abstract

Session P48: Quantum Control in Superconducting Circuits

Sponsoring Units: GQI
Chair: Alexander Korotkov, University of California, Riverside
Room: 349

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P48.00001: Quantum Control of Cavity Resonators, Part I: Control Algorithms Philip Reinhold, Reinier Heeres, Nissim Ofek, Katrina Sliwa, Michael Hatridge, Stefan Krastanov, Liang Jiang, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P48.00002: Quantum Control of Cavity Resonators, Part II:Experiment Reinier Heeres, Philip Reinhold, Nissim Ofek, Katrina Sliwa, Michael Hatridge, Stefan Krastanov, Liang Jiang, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Robert Schoelkopf Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P48.00003: Optimal control of single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse sequences Per Liebermann, Frank Wilhelm Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P48.00004: Robust Control of a Two-Qubit Operation in 3D Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Joseph Allen, Robert Kosut, Jaewoo Joo, Eran Ginossar Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P48.00005: Gradient Optimization for Analytic conTrols - GOAT Elie Ass\'emat, Shai Machnes, David Tannor, Frank Wilhelm-Mauch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P48.00006: Fast resonator reset in circuit QED using open quantum system optimal control Samuel Boutin, Christian Kraglund Andersen, Jayameenakshi Venkatraman, Alexandre Blais Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P48.00007: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P48.00008: Analysis of non-adiabatic effects in circuit QED measurement of a transmon Eric Mlinar, Mostafa Khezri, Justin Dressel, Alexander N. Korotkov Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P48.00009: A method of extracting operating parameters of a quantum circuit Eyob A. Sete, Maxwell Block, Michael Scheer, Cris Zanoci, Mehrnoosh Vahidpour, Dane Thompson, Chad Rigetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P48.00010: Critical fluctuations near excitation threshold of a quantum parametric oscillator M. I. Dykman, Y. Nakamura, Z. R. Lin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P48.00011: Fluctuations of a parametric oscillator: from the semiclassical to a strongly quantum regime Yaxing Zhang, Mark Dykman Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P48.00012: Robust tomography of microwave resonator arrays for quantum simulation with light Aman LaChapelle, John C Owens, Ruichao Ma, Jonathan Simon, David Schuster Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P48.00013: Analysis of qubit dynamics under strong resonant pulses using Floquet theory Chunqing Deng, Feiruo Shen, Jean-Luc Orgiazzi, Sahel Ashhab, Adrian Lupascu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P48.00014: Flexible, low-latency architecture for qubit control and measurement in circuit QED. Wouter Vlothuizen, D. Deurloo, J. de Sterke, R. Vermeulen, R.N. Schouten, Leo DiCarlo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P48.00015: Fock State Generator Shavindra Premaratne, F.C. Wellstood, B.S. Palmer Preview Abstract

Session P50: Quenched Atomic Systems and Thermalization

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP
Chair: Mohammad Maghrebi, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 1

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P50.00001: Prethermalization and exponentially slow energy absorption in periodically driven many-body systems Dmitry Abanin, Wen Wei Ho, Wojciech De Roeck, Francois Huveneers Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P50.00002: Universal aspects of thermalization after a quantum quench James R. Garrison, Tarun Grover Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P50.00003: Short- and long-time dynamics of isolated many-body quantum systems Marco Tavora, Jonathan Torres-Herrera, Lea Ferreira dos Santos Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P50.00004: Temperature of a small quantum system as an internal property Jiaozi Wang, Wenge Wang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P50.00005: Temporal fluctuations after a quantum quench: Many-particle dephasing Florian Marquardt, Thomas Kiendl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P50.00006: Persistent Hall response after a quantum quench in Dirac systems Justin Wilson, Justin Song, Gil Refael Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P50.00007: Quantum Quenches in Arrays of Coupled Luttinger Liquids Andrew James, Andrew Hallam, Robert Konik, Andrew Green Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P50.00008: Melting of a spin domain wall in the context of recent experiments with ultracold atoms Lev Vidmar, Deepak Iyer, Marcos Rigol Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P50.00009: Spatio-temporal correlations after a quantum quench in the Bose-Hubbard model Matthew Fitzpatrick, Malcolm Kennett Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P50.00010: Entanglement dynamics after a quantum quench in the O(N) model Yonah Lemonik, Aditi Mitra Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P50.00011: Quench dynamics of 1D spin-imbalanced Fermi-Hubbard model Xiao Yin, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P50.00012: Quenched dynamics of superconducting Dirac fermions on honeycomb lattice Ming Lu, X. C. Xie Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P50.00013: Preparation of Bose Einstein condensates in realistc trapping potentials for precision atom interferometry Katerine Posso Trujillo, Ernst M. Rasel, Naceur Gaaloul Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P50.00014: Memory effects in noninteracting isolated systems from dynamical geometry transformations in ultracold quantum gases Chen-Yen Lai, Chin-Chun Chien Preview Abstract

Session P51: Fractional QHE: Level Mixing & Transitions

Sponsoring Units: FIAP
Chair: John Cumings, University of Maryland
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 2

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P51.00001: Heterostructure Symmetry and the Orientation of the Quantum Hall Nematic Phases J.P. Eisenstein, J. Pollanen, K.B. Cooper, S. Brandsen, L.N. Pfeiffer, K.W. West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P51.00002: Nematic quantum phase transition of composite Fermi liquids in half-filled Landau levels and their geometric response Yizhi You, Gil Young Cho, Eduardo Fradkin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P51.00003: Phase Transition between Fermionic IQHE and Bosonic FQHE Via Feshbach Resonance Shiuan-Fan Liou, Kun Yang, Zi-Xiang Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P51.00004: The effect of Landau level mixing on spin polarization of composite fermions: a non-perturbative study Yuhe Zhang, Jainendra K. Jain Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P51.00005: Competing states for the fractional quantum Hall effect in the 1/3-filled second Landau level Jae-Seung Jeong, Hantao Lu, Kenji Hashimoto, Suk Bum Chung, Kwon Park Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P51.00006: SU(3) and SU(4) singlet quantum Hall states at $\nu=2/3$ Fengcheng Wu, Inti Sodemann, Allan H. MacDonald, Thierry Jolicoeur Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P51.00007: Adiabatic Transport of Geometric Singularities in the Quantum Hall Effect Michael Laskin, Yu Hung Chu, Tankut Can, Paul Wiegmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P51.00008: Quantum Hall State on Singular Surfaces Yu Hung Chiu, Tankut Can, Michael Laskin, Paul B. Wiegmann Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P51.00009: 12/5 and 13/5 fractional quantum Hall states and Landau level mixing Kiryl Pakrouski, Michael Peterson, Yang-Le Wu, Matthias Troyer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P51.00010: Exactly Solvable Model for Impurity Scattering at the Edge of the $\nu=2/3$ FQH State Chris Heinrich, Michael Levin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P51.00011: Fragile Fractional Quantum Hall States in the Lowest and the Second Landau Level Gabor Csathy, Ethan Kleinbaum, Ashwani Kumar, Nodar Samkharadze, Loren Pfeiffer, Ken West Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P51.00012: Band geometry of higher Landau levels Rahul Roy, Fenner Harper, Thomas Jackson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P51.00013: Fractional Chiral metal from the wire construction Adolfo Grushin, Tobias Meng, Kirill Shtengel, Jens Bardarson Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P51.00014: Mapping a fractional quantum Hall state to a fractional Chern insulator Yinhan Zhang, Junren Shi Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P51.00015: Suppression of interference in quantum Hall Mach-Zehnder geometry by upstream neutral modes Yuval Gefen, Moshe Goldstein Preview Abstract

Session P52: Optomechanics and Hybrid Systems III: Fundamental Methods and Applications

Sponsoring Units: DAMOP FIAP
Chair: Chen-lung Hung, Purdue University
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 3

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P52.00001: A general framework for analyzing pulsed optomechancal systems Bassam Helou, Belinda Pang, Haixing Miao, Yanbei Chen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P52.00002: Quench dynamics in optomechanical arrays Sadegh Raeisi, Vittorio Peano, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P52.00003: Correlated anomalous phase diffusion of sideband-excited phonons in an electromechanical resonator Xiaoshi Dong, Fengpei Sun, Jie Zou, Mark Dykman, Hobun Chan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P52.00004: Topological energy transfer in an optomechanical system with an exceptional point Haitan Xu, David Mason, Luyao Jiang, Jack Harris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P52.00005: Optomechanical synchronization phenomena in the presence of (quantum) noise Talitha Weiss, Andreas Kronwald, Stefan Walter, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P52.00006: Stochastic dynamics and phase-field roughening in optomechanical oscillator arrays Roland Lauter, Aditi Mitra, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P52.00007: Topological Transport of Light and Sound Christian Brendel, Vittorio Peano, Michael Schmidt, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P52.00008: ORIGIN AND IMPLICATIONS OF $A^2$ -LIKE CONTRIBUTION IN THE QUANTIZATION OF CIRCUIT-QED SYSTEMS Mohammad Moein Malekakhlagh, Hakan Tureci Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P52.00009: Dynamical Gauge Fields in Optomechanics Stefan Walter, Florian Marquardt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P52.00010: Topologically Reconfigurable Atomic Lattice Quantum Metamaterial. Pankaj Jha, Michael Mrejen, Jeongmin Kim, Chihhui Wu, Yuan Wang, Yuri Rostovtsev, Xiang Zhang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P52.00011: Optomechanical Quantum Correlation Thermometry T. P. Purdy, K. E. Grutter, M. I. Davanco, K. Srinivasan, J. M. Taylor Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P52.00012: Energy decay measurements in graphene-based mechanical resonators Peter Weber, Johannes G\"uttinger, Adrien Noury, Joel Moser, Adrian Bachtold Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P52.00013: Demonstration of the reversed dissipation regime in cavity electro-mechanics A.K. Feofanov, L.D. Toth, N.R. Bernier, T.J. Kippenberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P52.00014: Ground state cooling of a nanomechanical resonator using electron transport in hybrid systems. Gianluca Rastelli, Pascal Stadler, Wolfgang Belzig Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:18PM - 5:30PM		P52.00015: Laser cooling of a harmonic oscillator's bath with optomechanics Xunnong Xu, Jacob Taylor Preview Abstract

Session P53: Swimming, Migration and Porous Media Flows

Sponsoring Units: DFD GSOFT DBIO
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 4

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 2:42PM		P53.00001: The intestine is a blender Patricia Yang, Morgan LaMarca, Victoria Kravets, David Hu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:42PM - 2:54PM		P53.00002: Confinement of Single Microswimmers in Circular Microfluidic Chambers Tanya Ostapenko, Thomas Boeddeker, Christian Kreis, Fabian Schwarzendahl, Marco G. Mazza, Oliver Baeumchen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:54PM - 3:06PM		P53.00003: Mirror-symmetry breakings in human sperm rheotaxis Norbert Stoop, Anton Bukatin, Igor Kukhtevich, Joern Dunkel, Vasily Kantsler Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P53.00004: Microorganism billiards in closed plane curves Madison Krieger Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P53.00005: \textit{Helicobacter pylori} displays spiral trajectories while swimming like a cork-screw in solutions. Maira A. Constantino, Joseph M. Hardcastle, Rama Bansil, Mehdi Jabbarzadeh, Henry C. Fu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P53.00006: Investigating wake patterns and propulsive frequencies of a flat plate under pitching motion. Joseph MOUBOGHA MOUBOGHA, Jacques Andre ASTOLFI Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P53.00007: Continuous-flow Electrokinetic Particle Separation in a Bifurcating Microchannel. Di Li, Xinyu Lu, Xiangchun Xuan Preview Abstract
(Author Not Attending)		P53.00008: Predator-prey model for the self-organization of stochastic oscillators in dual populations Sara Moradi, Johan Anderson, Ozgur D. Gürcan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P53.00009: Exploring the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Covariant Lyapunov Vectors for Chaotic Convection Mu Xu, Mark Paul Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P53.00010: Lattice-Boltzmann Simulation of Tablet Disintegration Jiaolong Jiang, Ning Sun, Dilip Gersappe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P53.00011: The role of the capillary force in the liquid distribution in porous media Bojan Markicevic Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P53.00012: Numerical modeling and simulation of flow through porous fabric surface Zheng Gao, Xiaolin Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P53.00013: A Numerical Study of Shear Flow in Partially Vegetated Open Channels Jingfang Qu, S Chen, Jie Yu, Xiaolin Li Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P53.00014: Finite Amplitude Analysis of Mixed Convection in a Vertical Annulus Filled with Porous Medium. Premananda Bera, moumita bhowmik Preview Abstract

Session P54: Organic Systems for Photovoltaics, Including Perovskites

Sponsoring Units: GERA DPOLY FIAP
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 5

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P54.00001: Ovshinsky Sustainable Energy Fellowship: Excitonics for Transparent Photovoltaics Invited Speaker: Richard Lunt Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:18PM		P54.00002: The role of molecular layer mixing on the thermal conductance of organic-inorganic heterojunctions Shubhaditya Majumdar, Alan J.H. McGaughey, Jonathan A. Malen Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:18PM - 3:30PM		P54.00003: MOVED TO X33.011 Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:30PM - 3:42PM		P54.00004: Switchable Solar Window Devices Based on Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Joseph Murray, Dakang Ma, Jeremy Munday Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 3:54PM		P54.00005: Discovery of Novel Perovskites for Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting from High-Throughput First-Principles Calculations Antoine Emery, Chris Wolverton Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:54PM - 4:06PM		P54.00006: Super-ion inspired colorful hybrid perovskite solar cells. Hong Fang, Puru Jena Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:06PM - 4:18PM		P54.00007: High efficiency graded band gap perovskite solar cells Onur Ergen, Sally Demaio-turner, Thang thoan pham, Mark Tian Zhi Tan, Jongmin Yuk, Alex Zettl Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:30PM		P54.00008: Efficient organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites and doped metal oxide heterojunction solar cells. Xiaojuan Fan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:30PM - 4:42PM		P54.00009: Modeling morphology dependence of the power generation in bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics Timothy Schlittenhardt, Selman Hershfield Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:42PM - 4:54PM		P54.00010: Reliable thermal processing of organic perovskite films deposited on ZnO Alex Zakhidov, Chris Manspeaker, Dmitry Lyashenko Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:06PM		P54.00011: Charge Generation Dynamics in Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells: Influence of Polymer Packing and Morphology Bhoj Gautam, Changyeon Lee, Robert Younts, Wonho Lee, Evgeny Danilov, Bumjoon Kim, Kenan Gundogdu Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:06PM - 5:18PM		P54.00012: Phonon Mode Transformation across the Orthohombic-Tetragonal Phase Transition in a Lead-Iodide Perovskite CH$_{3}$NH$_{3}$PbI$_{3}$: a Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Approach Elbert E. M. Chia, Chan La-o-vorakiat, Jeannette Kadro, Teddy Salim, Daming Zhao, Towfiq Ahmed, Yeng Ming Lam, Jian-Xin Zhu, Rudolph Marcus, Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle Preview Abstract

Session P55: Active Fluids in Living Matter: Collective Cell Motility

Sponsoring Units: DBIO DFD GSOFT
Chair: Yuhai Tu, IBM, Inc.
Room: Hilton Baltimore Holiday Ballroom 6

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:30PM - 3:06PM		P55.00001: Collective dynamics of cell migration and cell rearrangements Invited Speaker: Alexandre Kabla Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:06PM - 3:42PM		P55.00002: Multicellular Streaming in Solid Tumours Invited Speaker: Josef Kas Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:42PM - 4:18PM		P55.00003: Active unjamming of confluent cell layers Invited Speaker: M Cristina Marchetti Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:18PM - 4:54PM		P55.00004: Modeling collective cell motility Invited Speaker: Wouter-Jan Rappel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 4:54PM - 5:30PM		P55.00005: Water Dynamics in Living Cells and Tumor Cell Migration in Confined Microenvironments Invited Speaker: Sean Sun Preview Abstract

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