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 N1: Protein Aggregation

Chair: Luca Larini, Rutgers University, Camden
Room: 235, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:15PM - 12:51PM		N1.00001: $\alpha -$synuclein aggregation and inhibition: the role of $\beta $-synuclein Invited Speaker: Jean Baum Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:51PM - 1:03PM		N1.00002: Surface Effects on the Dynamics of Confined Short Peptides: A Computational Study Luis Cruz Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:03PM - 1:15PM		N1.00003: Thermodynamic stability of polar and non-polar amyloid fibrils Farbod Mahmoudinobar, Zhaoqian Su, Cristiano L. Dias Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:15PM - 1:27PM		N1.00004: Wavelength-specific, plasmonic nanoparticle mediated rupture of polymersomes using ultrafast single-pulse irradiation Julianne Griepenburg, Abby Robinson, Gina DiSalvo, Sean O'Malley, Daniel Bubb Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:27PM - 2:03PM		N1.00005: Insights into Cross-Linked Amyloid $\beta$-Protein Oligomers and Their Role in Alzheimer's Disease Invited Speaker: Brigita Urbanc Preview Abstract

Session N2: CMP-QM: Topological Insulators and Semimetals II

Chair: Yi Li, Johns Hopkins University
Room: 240, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:15PM - 12:27PM		N2.00001: Topological Hofstadter problem in four dimensions with quantized Hall response Canon Sun, Yi Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:27PM - 12:39PM		N2.00002: Symmetry induced non local currents, an application in anyon statistics Georgios Gounaris, Fotios Diakonos Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:39PM - 1:15PM		N2.00003: Monopole Harmonic Superconductivity in Doped Weyl Semimetals Invited Speaker: Yi Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:15PM - 1:27PM		N2.00004: Josephson effect and Meissner response of monopole superconductivity in Weyl semimetals Shu-Ping Lee, Yi Li Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:27PM - 1:39PM		N2.00005: Quasiparticle Interference of Surface States in Type-II Weyl Semimetal WTe$_{\mathrm{2}}$ Wenhan Zhang, QuanSheng Wu, Lunyong Zhang, Sang-Wook Cheong, Alexey Soluyanov, Weida Wu Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:39PM - 2:15PM		N2.00006: Direct optical detection of Weyl fermion chirality in a topological semimetal Invited Speaker: Nuh Gedik Preview Abstract

Session N3: CMP-QM: Structural Properties

Chair: K.H. Ahn, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: 215, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:15PM - 12:51PM		N3.00001: Structural Predictions and Dynamic Stability of Correlated Electron Materials using Embedded Dynamical Mean Field Theory Functional Approach Invited Speaker: Kristjan Haule Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:51PM - 1:03PM		N3.00002: Impact of Large Thermal Motion on Critical Properties of Perovskite Photovoltaic Systems T. A. Tyson, W. Gao, Y.-S. Chen, S. Ghose, Y. Yan Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:03PM - 1:15PM		N3.00003: Temperature Dependent Atomic Structure of LuFe$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{4}}$ Sizhan Liu, Han Zhang, Sanjit Ghose, Thomas Emge, Cherno Jaye, Daniel Fisher, Sang-Wook Cheong, Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:15PM - 1:27PM		N3.00004: Pressure Induced Structural Phase Transitions in SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ Nanoparticles Han Zhang, Sizhan Liu, Megan Scofield, Stanislaus Wong, Xinguo Hong, Vitali Prakapenka, Eran Greenberg, Trevor Tyson Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:27PM - 1:39PM		N3.00005: Implication of ferroelectric during the growth of superlattices and heterostructures Rui Liu, Alec Sun, Charles Pan, Kaize Cheng, Eli Doyle, Hsiang-Chun Hsing, Anna Gura, Giulia Bertino, Jin-Wen Lai, Matthew Dawber Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:39PM - 2:15PM		N3.00006: Understanding liquid water from first principles: a tale of two liquids. Invited Speaker: Marivi Fernandez-Serra Preview Abstract

Session N4: Energy Science - II

Chair: Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Room: 225, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:15PM - 12:51PM		N4.00001: Hidden In Plain Sight Invited Speaker: Daniel Steingart Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:51PM - 1:27PM		N4.00002: Aqueous Semiconductor Interface Structure and Electrochemical Energy Level Alignment. Invited Speaker: Mark Hybertsen Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:27PM - 1:39PM		N4.00003: Statistics of nucleation in small and large systems Vitaly Shneidman Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:39PM - 1:51PM		N4.00004: Electron Transfer rate calculation for electrodes with immobilized enzymes on Carbon Nanotubes Ashvin Kumar Vasudevan, Gordon.A Thomas, Reginald.C Farrow, Alokik.P Kanwal, Shachi Yadav Preview Abstract

Session N5: Astro V: Solar Physics

Chair: Gregory Fleishman, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: Atrium, Campus Center, NJIT

Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:15PM - 12:27PM		N5.00001: Global Solar MHD Modeling Andrey Stejko, Alexander Kosovichev Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:27PM - 12:39PM		N5.00002: Sunspot oscillations in the umbral region of AR 12470 observed with ALMA and BBSO Yi Chai Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 12:39PM - 1:15PM		N5.00003: Electric Fields on the Sun: How Can We Determine Them and Why Should We Care? Invited Speaker: Maria Kazachenko Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:15PM - 1:27PM		N5.00004: The Correlation Between Speed of Flare Ribbon and the Normal Component of Magnetic Field Yuqian Wei, Yan Xu Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:27PM - 1:39PM		N5.00005: Solar Flare Observations by the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array: A Survey Yingjie Luo Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:39PM - 1:51PM		N5.00006: Radio Imaging Spectroscopy of a Reflective MHD Wave in a Solar Flare Sijie Yu, Bin Chen Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 1:51PM - 2:03PM		N5.00007: Flat Optically Thick Microwave Spectra Observed by EOVSA Shaheda Begum Shaik, Dale E. Gary Preview Abstract
Sunday, November 5, 2017 2:03PM - 2:15PM		N5.00008: Imaging Spectroscopy of CME-Associated Solar Radio Bursts using OVRO-LWA Sherry Chhabra, Dale Gary, Bin Chen, Gregg Hallinan, Marin Anderson Preview Abstract

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