Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2017 Annual Meeting of the APS Mid-Atlantic Section

Volume 62, Number 19

Friday–Sunday, November 3–5, 2017; Newark, New Jersey

Session Index

Session M1: Protein and DNA II

Chair: Brigita Urbanc, Drexel University
Room: 235, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		M1.00001: Enabling proton transfer in classical simulations Invited Speaker: Themis Lazaridis Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		M1.00002: Role of interfacial water in the binding of two proteins Jose Caro, Kathleen Valentine, Josh Wand Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		M1.00003: Effects of Trimethylamine-N-oxide on the Conformation of Peptides and Proteins Zhaoqian Su, Farbod Mahmoudinobar, Cristiano Dias Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00AM - 11:12AM		M1.00004: Computational study of DNA-mediated self-assembly using coase-grained model Runfang Mao, Jeetain Mittal Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:12AM - 11:48AM		M1.00005: Asymmetric Breathing Motions of Nucleosomal DNA and the Role of Histone Tails Invited Speaker: Sharon Loverde Preview Abstract

Session M2: CMP-QM: Superconductivity and Strongly Correlated Systems - II

Chair: Girsh Blumberg, Rutgers University
Room: 240, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		M2.00001: Collective phenomena in correlated electron systems: superconductivity and density waves Invited Speaker: Girsh Blumberg Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		M2.00002: Photoinduced Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Charge Density Wave Materials Linghua Zhu, Keun Hyuk Ahn, Tsezar F. Seman, Michel van Veenendaal Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		M2.00003: Non-equilibrium electron and lattice dynamics in Bi-2212 Tatiana Konstantinova, Jonathan Rameau, Alexander Reid, Lijun Wu, Genda Gu, Alexander Kemper, Hermann Durr, Uwe Bovensiepen, Peter Johnson, Xijie Wang, Yimei Zhu Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00AM - 11:36AM		M2.00004: What Stripes Tell Us about Superconductivity in Cuprates Invited Speaker: John Tranquada Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:36AM - 11:48AM		M2.00005: Cuprate superconductors with an incomplete Fermi surface trap the magnetic flux Hyun-Tak Kim Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:48AM - 12:00PM		M2.00006: Bose metal shows no cyclotron resonance Youcheng Wang, Idan Tamir, Dan Shahar, N. P. Armitage Preview Abstract

Session M3: CMP-QM: Scattering and Spectroscopy

Chair: Trevor Tyson, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: 215, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		M3.00001: Magnetic structures and dynamics of multiferroic systems obtained with neutron scattering Invited Speaker: William Ratcliff Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:36AM - 11:12AM		M3.00002: Infrared and THz radiation from relativistic electron beams and applications in condensed matter physics Invited Speaker: G. Lawrence Carr Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		M3.00003: Optical spectroscopy of magnons, electromagnons, phonons, and crystal field excitations in orthoferrites $R$FeO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ T. N. Stanislavchuk, V. A. Martinez, A.A. Sirenko, Y. Janssen, G. L. Carr, Y. Wang, S-W. Cheong Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:24AM - 11:36AM		M3.00004: Momentum dependence in K-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering and its application to screening dynamics in CE-phase La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 K. H. Ahn, T. F. Seman, X. Liu, J. P. Hill, M. van Veenendaal Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:36AM - 11:48AM		M3.00005: Temperature-dependent excitonic superfluid plasma frequency evolution in excitonic insulator, Ta$_2$NiSe$_5$ Jungseek Hwang, Yu-Seong Seo, Man Jin Eom, Jun Sung Kim, Chang-Jong Kang, Byung Il MIn Preview Abstract

Session M4: Chemistry and Energy Science-I

Chair: Bruce Koel, Princeton University
Room: 225, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		M4.00001: Ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy studies of photoelectrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction Invited Speaker: Bruce Koel Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		M4.00002: High-Selectivity, Far-Red Emitting Squaraine Sensor for Cyanide Detection Xinglei Liu, Taihong Liu, Maira A. Valencia, Binglin Sui, Yuanwei Zhang, Kevin D. Belfield Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		M4.00003: Nanoscopic Wetting at Solid-Liquid Interfaces John Tomko, Ashutosh Giri, Sean O'Malley, Patrick Hopkins Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00AM - 11:12AM		M4.00004: Ion-Molecule Chemistry For Detection of Atmospheric Gaseous Oxidized Mercury Matthew Cooper, John Antley, Franscico Guzman, Alexei Khalizov Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		M4.00005: Biofuel cells with pressure-immobilized enzymes on carbon nanotube sheets Biao Leng, Laila Al-qarni, Zafar Iqbal Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:24AM - 12:00PM		M4.00006: Probing and controlling carrier concentration in complex semiconductor powders for solar water splitting - optical and structural studies Invited Speaker: Peter Khalifah Preview Abstract

Session M5: Astro IV: Quantum Cosmology / Dark Matter / Energy

Chair: Eric Blackman, University of Rochester
Room: Atrium, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:12AM		M5.00001: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:12AM - 10:48AM		M5.00002: Entanglement and the architecture of spacetime Invited Speaker: Eugenio Bianchi Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		M5.00003: Searching for the radiative decay of sterile neutrino dark matter with Swift XRT Aaron Tohuvavohu Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:00AM - 11:12AM		M5.00004: A Generalization Of The Effective Field Theory Of Dark Energy Sina Bahrami, Eanna Flanagan Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		M5.00005: Quantum Gravity made from quantum polyhedra Pietro Dona Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:24AM - 11:36AM		M5.00006: Slow Control and Test Systems for Commissioning of LZ Dark Matter Detector Corey Herr, M. Carmen Carmona-Benitez, Luiz de Viveiros Preview Abstract

Session M6: Terrestrial Physics II

Chair: Nathanial Frissell, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: 220, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		M6.00001: Bayesian Analysis of Whistler Mode Waves in the Radiation Belts Invited Speaker: Chris Crabtree Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 10:36AM - 11:12AM		M6.00002: Geospace Measurements from the Antarctic Polar Cap: Fundamental Plasma Physics in Earth's Natural Laboratory Invited Speaker: Andrew Gerrard Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		M6.00003: Conjugate Observations of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) Waves Hyomin Kim, Marc Lessard, Andrew Gerrard, Eun-Hwa Kim Preview Abstract

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