Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2018 Annual Fall Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section

Volume 63, Number 15

Friday–Saturday, September 28–29, 2018; University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

Session Index

Session A01: Astronomy , Astrophysics, and Space Science

Chair: Nicole Karnath, The University of Toledo
Room: SU 2582

Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30PM - 1:45PM		A01.00001: A New Potential-Density Pair for Spherical Star Systems Benjamin Joseph Amend, Stephen Alexander
Friday, September 28, 2018 1:45PM - 2:00PM		A01.00002: Latest Results in the Search for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos in the Askaryan Radio Array Brian Clark
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:00PM - 2:15PM		A01.00003: Extracting X-rays, Gamma-Rays, and Electron-Positron (e-e+) Pairs from the Ergosphere of Rotating Black Holes Using Penrose Scattering Processes Reva-Kay Williams
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:15PM - 2:30PM		A01.00004: Abstract Withdrawn

Session A02: Condense Matter Physics I

Chair: Max Junda, The University of Toledo
Room: SU 2584

(Author Not Attending)		A02.00001: Electronic Compressibility and Magnetic Susceptibility in the Repulsive Hubbard Model away from Half-Filling Ian Riley Osborne
(Author Not Attending)		A02.00002: Topological Entanglement Entropy in the J1-J2 Quantum Antiferromagnet on a Square Lattice Michael Ferrarelli, David Ronquillo, Nandini Trivedi
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:00PM - 2:15PM		A02.00003: First-principles study of mechanical and magnetic properties of transition metal (M) nitrides in the cubic M₄N structure Vijaya Adhikari, Z. T. Y. Liu, N. J Szymanski, Indiras Khatri, Daniel Gall, Pankaj Sarin, Sanjay V Khare
(Author Not Attending)		A02.00004: Detecting quantum phase transitions in the Kitaev model through topological entanglement entropy. Adu Vengal, David Ronquillo, Nandini Trivedi
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:30PM - 2:45PM		A02.00005: Percolation through Porous Media comprised of Axially Symmetric Grains Donald Priour
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:45PM - 3:00PM		A02.00006: Electron- Phonon Relaxation Dynamics of Thiolate-Protected Plasmonic Gold Clusters Masoud Shabaninezhad Navrood

Session A03: Optics and Biophysics

Chair: Dhurba Raj Sapkota, The University of Toledo
Room: SU 2591

Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30PM - 1:45PM		A03.00001: Binary hole transport materials blending to linearly tune HOMO for high efficiency and stable perovskite solar cells Xinxing Yin, Zhaoning Song, Dewei Zhao, Yanfa Yan
Friday, September 28, 2018 1:45PM - 2:00PM		A03.00002: Optical Simulation of Si Wafer Solar Cell Reflectance and Benefit for Temperature Control Indra Subedi, Timothy J Silverman, Michael G Deceglie, Nikolas Podraza
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:00PM - 2:15PM		A03.00003: Applications of Mapping Spectroscopic Ellipsometry in Photovoltaics: Correlations between Window Layer Thickness and Device Performance in CdSe/CdTe and CdS/CdSe/CdTe Solar Cells Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering Mohammed A. Razooqi, Prakash Koirala, Geethika K Liyanage, Adam Phillips, Michael Heben, Robert Collins
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:15PM - 2:30PM		A03.00004: Real Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Analysis of the Structural Evolution and Optical Properties of CuInSe₂ Dhurba Raj Sapkota, Prakash Koirala, Puja Pradhan, Robert W. Collins
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:30PM - 2:45PM		A03.00005: Measurement of Bacterial Flagella Force using Micromagnetic Tweezers Emily Osborne, Brian Lower, Steven Lower, Eric Mumper, Ratnasingham Sooryakumar, Christopher Pierce
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:45PM - 3:00PM		A03.00006: Variations in the Hydrodynamic Motility of Magnetotactic Bacteria Rhea Hasit Mehta, Christopher J. Pierce, Eric Mumper, Brian H. Lower, Steven K. Lower, Ratnasingham Sooryakumar

Session A04: Condensed Matter Physics II

Chair: Scott Medling, The University of Toledo
Room: SU 2592

Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30PM - 1:45PM		A04.00001: Dynamical Stabilization in Delafossite Nitrides for Solar Energy Conversion Nathan Szymanski, Lauren Walters, Olle Hellman, Daniel Gall, Sanjay V Khare
Friday, September 28, 2018 1:45PM - 2:00PM		A04.00002: Morphological transitions and stacking fault dislocation in Cu islands grown on strained Cu(100) Ehsan Sabbar, Indiras Khatri, Yunsic Shim, Jacques Amar
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:00PM - 2:15PM		A04.00003: Dielectric constants of α- Sn in the infrared region Jinsong Duan, Rigo Carrasco, Stephan Zollner, Stepanie Chastang, Gordon Grzybowski, Bruce Claflin, Arnold Kiefer
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:15PM - 2:30PM		A04.00004: Universal Connection of magnetic exchange and structural behavior under pressure in chromium spinels. Ilias Efthimiopoulos, Indiras Khatri, Terence T. Y. Liu, Sanjay V Khare, Pankaj Sarin, Vladimir Tsurkan, Alois Loidl, Zhang Dongzhou, Yuejian Wang
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:30PM - 2:45PM		A04.00005: Interpretation of the effect of back surface etching on barrier height, carriers concentration and defects density of the CdTe solar cell devices Rasha A. Awni, Deng-Bing Li, Corey R. Grice, Zhaoning Song, Randy J. Ellingson, Michael J. Heben, Jian V. V. Li, Yanfa Yan
Friday, September 28, 2018 2:45PM - 3:00PM		A04.00006: A Simulation Tool for Ion Transport in Thin Film Semiconductors Anuja Parikh, Marco Nardone

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