Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2013 Annual Fall Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section

Volume 58, Number 9

Friday–Saturday, October 4–5, 2013; Cincinnati, Ohio

Session Index

Session E1: Condensed Matter A

Room: Braunstein Hall 300

Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:00AM - 8:12AM		E1.00001: Quantum Conductance of Graphene Nanoribbons (GNRs) Zhe Kan, Chris Nelson, Mahfuza Khatun Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:12AM - 8:24AM		E1.00002: Heat Flux and Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) Shaun Wood, Chris Nelson, Mahfuza Khatun Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		E1.00003: Resonance Structure of Series Coupled Aharonov-Bohm Rings with Embedded Quantum Dots Eric Hedin, Yong Joe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		E1.00004: A new theoretical approach to calculating the probability of charge transfer between atomic orbitals Dale Igram, Eric Hedin, Yong Joe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		E1.00005: Physics of lattice bosons in the presence of occupation parity coupling Kuei Sun, C.J. Bolech Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		E1.00006: Electron transport in Individual GaAs Nanowire Zhuting Sun, Andrei Kogan, Tim Burgess, Chenupati Jagadish Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		E1.00007: Plasmonic Circular Dichroism of Chiral Nanoparticle Assemblies Zhiyuan Fan, Hui Zhang, Alexander Govorov Preview Abstract

Session E2: Condensed Matter B

Room: Braunstein Hall 301

Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:00AM - 8:12AM		E2.00001: Band Structure in ZnO Based 3D Photonic Crystals Donald Priour Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:12AM - 8:24AM		E2.00002: Fabrication of Microlens Arrays on Layered Polymers Using Gray Scale mask Tom Oder, Cory Merlo, Michael McMaster, Joshua Petrus, Camron Bagheri, Anthony Mazzocco, Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		E2.00003: Nanoscale Pattern Generation Using Laser Interference Lithography Tom Oder, Andrew Smith, Joshua Petrus Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		E2.00004: Transient Rayleigh Spectroscopy measure of Carrier Dynamics in Wurtzite and Zincblende InP nanowires Yuda Wang, Mohammad Montazeri, Howard Jackson, Leigh Smith, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Tim Burgess, Chennupati Jagadish Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		E2.00005: Photocurrent spectroscopy studies of single ZB GaAs, GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell and quantum well tube nanowires Bekele Badada, Leigh Smith, Howard Jackson, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Tim Burgess, Qiang Gao, Chennupati Jagadish Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		E2.00006: Optical investigation of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure nanowires Teng Shi, Howard Jackson, Leigh Smith, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Bryan Wong, Nian Jiang, Qiang Gao, Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Joanne Etheridge Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:12AM - 9:24AM		E2.00007: Andreev Reflection Studies in GaMnAs/Nb Micro-Structures Hussein AbuJeib, Diana Dahliah, Justin Guenther, Khalid Eid, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:24AM - 9:36AM		E2.00008: Giant Magnetoresistance in GaMnAs/Py Bilayers Justin Guenther, Robert Tolley, Hussein Abujeib, Taylor Reid, A. Sokolov, X. Liu, J.K. Furdyna, K.F. Eid Preview Abstract

Session E3: Astrophysics, Gravitation, High Energy

Room: Braunstein Hall 309

Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:00AM - 8:12AM		E3.00001: Gravitational Field Equations and Theory of Dark Matter and Dark Energy Tian Ma, Shouhong Wang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:12AM - 8:24AM		E3.00002: Lyman-$\alpha$ Forest Constraints on Decaying Dark Matter and Implications for Galactic Substructure Properties Mei-Yu Wang, Rupert Croft, Annika Peter, Andrew Zentner, Chris Purcell Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		E3.00003: Probing Growth of Cosmic Structure Using Galaxy Dynamics: A Converging Picture of Velocity Bias Hao-Yi Wu, Dragan Huteter, August Evrard Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		E3.00004: Excluding Dark Matter and Dark Energy Hypotheses Wayne Lundberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		E3.00005: Higgs properties from Higgs to gamma gamma with converted photons Fady Bishara, Yuval Grossman, Roni Harnik, Dean Robinson, Jing Shu, Jure Zupan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		E3.00006: Tests of Lorentz and CPT symmetry using two-fermion atoms Arnaldo Vargas, V. Alan Kostelecky Preview Abstract

Session E4: Applied, AMO, Nuclear, Quantum Computing

Room: Braunstein Hall 316

Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:00AM - 8:12AM		E4.00001: Spontaneous Movement of Water Droplets on Copper and Aluminum Surfaces Using Surface Tension Gradients Muidh Alheshibri, Nathaniel Rogers, Khalid Eid, Andrew Sommers Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:12AM - 8:24AM		E4.00002: Optical wave evolution in nano-structured plastic films Michael Baker, Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		E4.00003: Theoretical evaluation of layered microlens optics Michael Crescimanno, Michael Baker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		E4.00004: Photoluminescence Excitation studies of Coupled Quantum Dots under simultaneous Resonant and Non-Resonant Excitation Ramana Thota, Eric Stinaff, Allan Bracker, Daniel Gammon Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		E4.00005: Chopper Optimization for NPDGamma Experiment Md Latiful Kabir, Christopher Crawford Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00AM - 9:12AM		E4.00006: Physics of string of information at high speeds, time complexity and time dilation Ahmad Reza Estakhr Preview Abstract

Session E5: Biophysics, Chemical Physics, Material Sciences

Room: Braunstein Hall 312

Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:00AM - 8:12AM		E5.00001: Electronic properties of DNA molecules including defects under elongation Sadeq Malakooti, Eric Hedin, Yong Joe Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:12AM - 8:24AM		E5.00002: Magneto-optic properties and self-heating behavior of superparamagnetic Fe$_{3}$O$_{4}$ nanoparticles under alternating magnetic field and near infra-red (785 nm) excitation M.E. Sadat, Donglu Shi, David B. Mast Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:24AM - 8:36AM		E5.00003: Frequency Dependent Regulation of Cell Behavior by Electrical Stimuli: a Theoretical-Experimental Approach Toloo Taghian, Abdul Sheikh, Daria Narmoneva, Andrei Kogan Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:36AM - 8:48AM		E5.00004: Cathodoluminescent Study of Li$_{2}$B$_{4}$O$_{7}$ Doped with Cu, Mn, and Ag Zachary Hadfield, Robert Hengehold, Joshua Reding, David Turner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 5, 2013 8:48AM - 9:00AM		E5.00005: Cathodoluminescent Study of ThO$_{2}$ Michael Lee, Robert Hengehold, Tony Kelly, David Turner, Matt Mann Preview Abstract

Session E6: Physics Education

Chair: James Sullivan, University of Cincinnati
Room: Braunstein Hall 325

Saturday, October 5, 2013
8:00AM - 8:12AM

E6.00001: A theeefold approach to changing teaching in middle school
Gordon Aubrecht, Bill Schmitt, Jennifer Esswein

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