Program Acknowledgments

The APS Officers and Meetings Department Staff extend sincere thanks to the Unit Program Chairs and the abstract sorters, who during the past year, gave so generously of their time and expertise in sorting abstracts and organizing the scientific program for this March Meeting.

MARCH MEETING 2009 PROGRAM COMMITTEE Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota (March Meeting Program Chair); David Pine, New York University (DCMP); Steve Quake, Stanford University (DBP); Eric Heller, Harvard University (DCP); Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, Lawrence Livermore National Labora- tory (DCOMP); Philip Marcus, University of California, Berkeley (DFD); Erich Mueller, Cornell University (DAMOP); Samuel Gido, University of Massachusetts (DPOLY); Ramamoorthy Ramesh, University of California, Berkeley (DMP); Swapan Chattopadhyay, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (DPB); Timothy Graber, University of Chicago (GIMS); Axel Hoffman, Argonne National Laboratory (GMAG); Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Institute of Technology (GSNP); David DiVincenzo, IBM T J Watson Research Center (GQI); Peter Collings, Swarthmore College (FED); Kendall Mahn, Columbia University (FGSA); Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics (FHP); Hui Wu, NIST (FIAP); John W. Clark, Washington University in St Louis (FIP); Don Prosnitz, Rand Corporation (FIP); Donna Stokes, University of Houston (COM); Elaine Schnirman Lessner (CSWP); Mark Johnson, Naval Research Laboratory (Tutorials Chair).

MARCH MEETING 2009 SORTERS Shaffique Adam, University of Maryland; Carmen Almasan, Kent University; Ian Applebaum, University of Maryland; Peter -Ar mitage, Johns Hopkins University; Yaroslaw Bazaliy, University of South Carolina; Chandler Becker, NIST; Jim Belak, Livermore National Laboratory; Kirill Belashenko, University of Nebraska; Simone Bianco, College of William & Mary; Daniel Blair, George- town University; Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Preparatory School; Matthias Bode, Argonne National Laboratory; August Bosse, NIST; Todd Brintlinger, University of Maryland; Benjamin Burton, NIST; David Cahill, UIUC; Antonio Castro-Neto, Boston University; Ronald Cohen, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Peter Collings, Swarthmore College; Valentino Cooper,Oak Ridge National Laboratory; John Cumings, University of Maryland; Timir Datta, University of South Carolina; Joe Davies, NIST; Cindy Dennis, NIST; Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron; Louis DiMauro, Ohio State University; James Diorio, University of Maryland; David DiVincenzo, IBM; Natalia Drichko, Universit‰t Stuttgart; Sophia Economou, Naval Research Laboratory; Ted Einstein, Uni- versity of Maryland; Thomas Epps, University of Delaware; Jonah Erlebacher, Johns Hopkins University; Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University; D.D. Fong, Argonne National Laboratory; Sam Gido, University of Massachusetts; James Glazier, Indiana University; Allen Goldman, University of Minnsota; Timothy Graber, University of Chicago; Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Don Gubser, Naval Research Laboratory; Aubrey Han- bicki, Naval Research Laboratory; Rick Heller, Harvard University; Axel Hoffman, Argonne National Laboratory; Xia Hong, Penn- sylvania State University; Steve Hudson, NIST; Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Yi Ji, University of Delaware; Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory; Jerainne Johnson, NIST; Shiv Khanna, NIST; Ken Kiger, University of Maryland; Brian Kirby, NIST; Rajeswari Kolagani, Towson University; Ramanan Krishnamoorthi, University of Houston; Silvia Lacerda, NIST; Amy Lazicki, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Young Lee, NIST; Connie Li, Naval Research Laboratory; Yu-Ming Lin, IBM; Chris Lobb, University of Maryland; Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland; Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics; Brian Ma- ranville, NIST; Joie Marhefka, NIST; Jeff Martin, NIST; Ludwig Mathey, NIST; Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory; Jens-Christian Meiners, University of Michigan; Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona; Chris Monroe, University of Maryland; Erich Mueller, Cor- nell University; Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware; Ryan Murphy, NIST; Jeff Neaton, Berkeley National Laboratory; Mike Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory; Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories; David Pappas, NIST; David Parker, Naval Research Laboratory; Weiqun Peng, George Washington University; Juan Peralta, Central Michigan University; Udo Pernisz, Dow-Corning; Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland; Julia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories; Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis; David Pine, New York University; Michael Pleimling, Virginia Institute of Technology; Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University; Karin Rabe, Rutgers University; Ramamoorthy Ramesh, University of California, Berkeley; Art Ramirez, LGS Innovations; Mark Reeves, Geogre Washington University; Charles Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Janice Reutt-Robey, University of Mary- land; Amir Riaz, University of Maryland; Kasey Russell, Harvard University; Eduardo Saiz, Berkeley National Laboratory; Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory; Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Institute of Technology; Jim Schuck, Berkeley National Lab- oratory; Kyle Shen, Cornell University; Andrei Sirenko, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dan Sisan, Georgetown University; Mike Stavola, Lehigh University; Mark Stiles, NIST; Eric Stinaff, Ohio University; Joseph Stroscio, NIST; Thomas Sutto, Naval Re- search Laboratory; Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland; Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University; Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University; Matthew Thompson, Naval Research Laboratory; Joe Tischler, Naval Research Laboratory; David Tomanek, Michigan State University; Marc Ulrich, Army Research Laboratory; Jay Vaishnav, NIST; Olaf van’t Erve, Naval Research Laboratory; Maria Varela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; R.D. Vispute, University of Maryland; James Wallace, University of Maryland; Wladyslaw Walukiewicz, Berkeley National Laboratory; Guanyu Wang, George Washington University; James Warren, NIST; Barry Wells, Uni- versity of Connecticut; Gary White, American Institute of Physics; Hui Wu, NIST; Kevin Yager, NIST; Grace Yong, Towson University; Leonid Zhigilei, University of Virginia; Nikolai Zhitenev, NIST; Wei Zhou, NIST; Tao Zhou, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Industry Acknowledgments

The American Physical Society wishes to thank the following company for sponsoring activities at the March Meeting 2009. 3 Program & Show Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Information...... 5 Participating APS Units...... 5 Americans with Disabilities Act Statement...... 5 CDRom Program...... 5 Abstract Look-up Stations...... 5 Parent’s/Children’s Quiet Room...... 5 Registration Location/Hours...... 5 Badge Monitoring...... 5 Shuttle Bus Service...... 5 Job Fair...... 5 APS Membership Booth...... 6 APS Souvenir Store...... 6 Pittsburgh City Information Desk ...... 6 Business Center...... 6 APS Exhibit Show/APS Lounge ...... 6 A-V Office...... 6 Speaker-Ready Room...... 6 A-V Hot Lines...... 6 Audio Visual Equipment...... 6 Email Service...... 6 Wireless Service...... 6 Press Room ...... 6 Press Conference Room...... 6

Pre-Meeting Programs...... 7 DPOLY Short Course...... 7 Tutorials...... 7 Workshop: Opportunities in Biology for Physicists...... 7 Professional Skills Development Workshop for Women Post-Docs and Senior Tenured Women Physicists...... 7 Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PTEC) Workshop...... 8 Workshop: Energy Research Opportunities...... 8 Education Workshop: Incorporating Simulations and Computer Modeling into Upper Level Physics Courses...... 9 Op-Ed Writing Workshop...... 9 Career Workshop...... 9

APS Meeting/Events...... 10 Contact Congress...... 10 Gallery of Non-linear Images...... 10 Awards Program...... 10 Welcome Reception...... 10 Special Symposium: Energy and the Environment...... 10 APS Journals Booth/Talk to the APS Journal Editors...... 10 Wine and Cheese Receptions...... 10 Estate Planning Seminar...... 10 4

Panel Discussion with APS Journals...... 10 Meet the Journal Editors of APS and AIP...... 11 Physics Journal Q&A Session...... 11 Special Session: Funding Opportunities at NSF...... 11 Special Session: Funding Opportunities at DOE...... 11 Special Symposium: Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Cosmology...... 11 Physics Sing-a-Long/Listen-a-Long...... 11 Visit to Carnegie Science Center...... 11

APS Events for Special Groups...... 12 Companions Breakfast...... 12 CSWP/FIAP Networking Breakfast for Women Physicist in Industry...... 12 Undergraduate and Mentor Appreciation Reception...... 12 High School Teachers Day...... 12 DCMP/DMP/DCOMP/DCP Fellows and Award Winners Reception...... 12 COM/CSWP Dessert Reception...... 12 Forum on International Physics (FIP) Reception...... 12 Tutorial for Authors and Referees...... 12 Student Reception...... 12

Graduate Students Lunch with the Experts...... 13

APS Unit Business Meetings...... 14

APS Unit Acronyms...... 14

Satellite Meetings/Events...... 15

APS Prizes and Awards...... 16

Focus Sessions...... 18

Poster Sessions...... 22

Program Format...... 23 Program Time-Blocks...... 23 Session Codes...... 23 Poster Codes...... 23 Guidelines for Speakers (Oral and Poster)...... 23 Guidelines for Session Chairs...... 23 General A-V Policy...... 24 Standard A-V in all Sessions...... 24 Policy and Guidelines on Use of LCD Projectors...... 24

March 2009 Exhibitors ...... 25

Show Guide...... 26

Epitome...... 34

Author Index......

Floor Plans and Maps of the City, Hotel, and Convention Center...... 5 MARCH MEETING 2009 American Physical Society March 16–20, 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

We welcome you to the 2009 March Meeting in Pittsburgh, Parent’s/Children’s Quiet Room Pennsylvania. The headquarters hotel is the Westin Hotel, 1000 Convention Center • Room 322 Penn Avenue immediately adjacent to the David L. Lawrence At the March Meeting APS will designate a small room for Convention Center. The March Meeting technical sessions will parents who are bringing young children to the meeting. The be held in the convention center, and APS-sponsored and satel- purpose of the room is to provide a quiet place for parents lite meetings will be at the Westin. Busing will be provided to of infants and young children to come for quiet time and re- the convention center from hotels not within walking distance. laxation with their children. This is not intended to be a play- An outstanding scientific program will be presented con- room. The room will be furnished with comfortable furniture sisting of more than 90 invited sessions and 550 contributed and water. sessions at which approximately 7,000 papers will be presented. In addition, tutorials and workshops will be offered. Registration Location/Hours A larger and enhanced exhibit show rounds out the program Convention Center • Hall A Concourse during which attendees can visit vendors who will be display- The APS Registration Desk will open and close at: ing the latest products, instruments and equipment, and com- Sunday, March 15...... 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm puter software, as well as scientific publications related to the Monday, March 16...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm research and application of physics. Tuesday, March 17...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 18...... 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Participating APS Units Thursday, March 19...... 7:00 am – 3:00 pm Divisions: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Physics, Friday, March 20...... 7:00 am – 10:00 am Polymer Physics, Chemical Physics, Biological Physics, Fluid Dynamics, Laser Science, Computational Physics and Atomic, Badge Monitoring Molecular and Optical Physics, Physics of Beams All attendees must register for the meeting. Attendees Topical Groups: Instrument and Measurement Science, must wear their badges at all times. Security personnel will Magnetism and Its Applications, Statistical and Nonlinear be checking for badges before allowing admission to the ses- Physics, Quantum Information sions and the exhibit show. Attendees without badges will not Forums: Industrial and Applied Physics, Physics and Society, be admitted to sessions and exhibits. If you lose your badge, History of Physics, International Physics, and Education and please go to the APS registration desk for a new one. We will Physics; Graduate Student Affairs give you one replacement badge free. After that replacement badges will cost $10.00. Americans with Disabilities Act Statement Shuttle Bus Service The APS wishes to take any steps required to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, seg- Most hotels in the APS housing block require busing ser- regated or otherwise treated differently due to the absence vice to the convention center. Shuttle bus service will begin of auxiliary aids and services identified in the Americans with from the hotels listed below on Sunday, March 15 at 1:30 Disabilities Act. If any such services are necessary in order for pm. The last trip from the hotels to the convention center on you to participate in the March Meeting, please communicate Sunday will be at 6:30 pm. Registration opens at the conven- your needs in advance to the APS Meetings Department by tion center at 2:00 pm in Hall A Concourse. A schedule of the checking the appropriate box on the registration form or by shuttle buses will be available at your hotel upon your arrival, sending an e-mail to [email protected]. and printed bus schedules will be available at the convention center when you arrive to register. These hotels will have shut- CDRom Program tle bus service: Hilton, Marriott, DoubleTree, Sheraton Square There are a limited number of copies of the March Meeting Hotel, Radisson Hotel Greentree. program on CDRom. If you would like one, they are available Job Fair at the APS Registration Desk. Convention Center • Exhibit Hall A Abstract Look-up Stations Monday, March 16...... 11:00 am – 4:00 pm If you want to look up an abstract, abstract look-up stations Tuesday, March 17...... 11:00 am – 4:00 pm are located throughout the corridors of the convention center. The Job Fair is the best place to connect with employers 6 and job seekers from all areas of physics, engineering and re- Speaker-Ready Room lated physical sciences. Attendees are encouraged to visit the Convention Center • Room 311 Job Fair to take advantage of our many recruiting services: The speaker-ready room will be open as follows: • Showcase your company with a Recruitment Exhibit Sunday, March 15...... 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm • Search our high-powered job and resume database Monday, March 16...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm • Network and interview with companies and job candidates Tuesday, March 17...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm on-site Wednesday, March 18...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm • Create alerts to inform you of new resumes and jobs Thursday, March 19...... 7:00 am – 5:00 pm • Manage your interview calendar online Friday, March 20...... 7:00 am – 12:00 noon For additional information, please contact Alix Brice at 301- 209-3187 or at [email protected] or visit http://www.aps.org/ A-V Hot Lines meetings/march/events/jobfair/index.cfm. There will be phones located in the corridors of the conven- APS Membership Booth tion center that link directly to the A-V office to report any A-V problems. If you experience an A-V problem in a session, simply Convention Center • Hall A Concourse pick up the phone and it will connect you to the A-V office. The APS Membership Department staff will be on hand to answer questions about APS Membership, journal subscrip- Audio Visual Equipment tions and other new services. Monday – Wednesday...... 8:00 am – 5:00 pm All rooms will be equipped with an LCD projector, overhead Thursday...... 8:00 am – 3:00 pm projector, screen, lavalier microphone, and pointer. If you plan on doing a PowerPoint presentation, please bring your pro- APS Souvenir Store gram on your own laptop computer, and be sure to visit the Speaker-Ready Room to run through your presentation to en- Convention Center • Hall A Concourse sure that it goes smoothly during the session. When you arrive Come browse our t-shirts, bumper stickers and more. at the session in which you are speaking, if you are using the Monday – Wednesday...... 9:00 am – 5:00 pm LCD projector, please have your laptop turned on and ready Thursday...... 8:00 am – 1:00 pm to go. If you require additional equipment it can be rented by Pittsburgh City Information Desk ordering directly through APS’s contracted A-V company ser- vicing the meeting. The cost of additional equipment must be Convention Center • Hall A Concourse covered by the speaker. Note: you are not allowed to bring/ The Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau will host an use your own projectors at the meeting. information desk during the March Meeting. Stop by to get a city map and inquire about sightseeing opportunities. Email Service Sunday, March 15...... 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm An email pavilion will be set up in the exhibit hall for attend- Monday, March 16...... 11:00 am – 5:00 pm ees to retrieve and send email messages on Monday, Tuesday, Tuesday, March 17...... 11:00 am – 5:00 pm and Wednesday during exhibit hours only. On Thursday, email Business Center service will be available near the APS registration desk. Email access is available in the business offices at most hotels for a The Convention Center does not have a business center, fee. Please be advised that email access is provided as a service but there is a FedEx/Kinkos across the street from the center. to attendees, and that we cannot provide unlimited access to email stations, both in terms of the number of e-mail stations APS Exhibit Show/APS Lounge provided and the times they are available. Exhibit Hall A Monday, March 16...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Wireless Service Tuesday, March 17...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm APS will sponsor free wireless in the public space and the Wednesday, March 18...... 9:00 am – 4:00 pm exhibit hall in the Convention Center. Wireless service will not The annual exhibit show days are Monday through Wednes- be available in the meeting rooms. day. The exhibits are an important adjunct to the meeting, of- Network Access: APS MARCH MEETING fering information on a wide variety of physics-related prod- Access Code: APS2009 ucts and services. Book and periodical publishers will also participate as exhibitors. The poster sessions, and food con- Press Room cessions will be located in the exhibit hall, as will the E-mail Pa- Convention Center • Room 338 vilion. A wine and cheese reception will be held in the exhibit Monday – Thursday...... 8:00 am – 5:00 pm hall on Monday and Tuesday from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Plan to Friday...... 8:00 am – 12:00 noon stop by to visit exhibits, view posters and enjoy refreshments. Phone: 412-325-6060 • Fax: 412-325-6010 You must display your badge to be admitted to the exhibit hall. Press Conference Room A-V Office Convention Center • Room 331 Convention Center • Room 310 A schedule of news conferences can be obtained from the Press Room. 7 PRE-MEETING PROGRAMS

DPOLY Short Course: Physics of Polymer 6th APS Workshop on Opportunities in Biological Nanocomposites Physics Pre-registration only; no on-site registration Sunday, March 15...... 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Convention Center • 306/307 Westin Hotel • Pennsylvania Ballroom West Saturday, March 14...... 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm Fees: Students, $60 Sunday, March 15...... 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Postdoctoral Researchers, $90 Fees: APS Member, $150 APS Members and Non-Members, $125 Students/Post Docs, $100 Fee includes continental breakfast and a box lunch. Non-Member, $250 Two-day program. Fees include both days. Organizer: APS Division of Biological Physics (DBP) Organizers: R. Vaia and R. Krishnamoorti Who Should Attend: The workshop is aimed at all physicists Program Objective: Provide background on the critical is- who are curious about the interface between physics and bi- sues, ranging from synthesis, fabrication, processing, and ology, especially graduate students and post-docs who are characterization to the key physics questions that underlie the eager to apply their expertise in novel ways in the life sciences. establishment of scientifically grounded structure-property No background other than physics will be assumed. relationships. Additionally, the course will ensure that the at- Workshop Description: The physics of living systems is both tendee has an appreciation of parallel fields of investigations an intellectually challenging frontier of modern physics re- with high relevance to polymer nanocomposites. Elucidating search as well as the source of many new ideas for biomedical the numerous competing factors and phenomena that mani- applications. This workshop will introduce two exciting areas fest in the equilibrium and dynamic character of nanoparti- in biological physics: computational approaches to molecular cle-polymer systems are paramount to enabling prediction biophysics as well as applications of molecular biophysics to of physical phenomena and thus the ability to advance these medicine. Speakers will provide extensive tutorial overviews, materials to technologically relevant applications. accessible to non-specialists. There will be ample time for participants to discuss their current and future scientific and ca- TUTORIALS reer directions with the speakers. This is your chance to find Sunday, March 15 out about opportunities for using your physics training in an David L. Lawrence Convention Center area that is rapidly growing both on the academic and indus- Tutorial Program Chair: Mark Johnson, NRL, Washington, DC trial tracks. Registering for Tutorials: You must sign up for pre-meeting Speakers: Jose Onuchic/University of California, San Diego tutorials when you pre-register for the March Meeting. You Margaret Cheung/University of Houston may not register for tutorials on-site. You may select one tuto- Angel Garcia/Renssalaer Polytechic Institue rial in the morning schedule and one in the afternoon. Jeff Saven/University of Pennsylvania Tutorial Fees: Each tutorial is $100 ($40 for students). Robert Eisenberg/Rush University Medical Center Others, TBA Morning Tutorials • 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Professional Skills Development Workshop for Tutorial #1: Bose-Einstein Condensation & Degenerate Fermi Gases Women Post-Docs and Senior Tenured Women Room 308 Physicists Tutorial #2: Graphene Sunday, March 15 Room 315/316 Westin Hotel • Cambria West Tutorial #3: Plasmonics Workshop...... 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 305 Reception...... 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Reception is for participants only. Tutorial #4: Terahertz Spectroscopy and Its Applications Room 309 The Professional Skills Development Workshop is a one- day workshop offering training on effective negotiation and Afternoon Tutorials • 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm communication skills for women post doctoral associates and Tutorial #5: Spintronics: Physics and Device Applications tenured women faculty in physics. Workshop will be led by Room 301/302 professional facilitators using an interactive format that en- courages highly personal learning. Lunch will be provided and Tutorial #6: Emergent Phenomena in Complex Oxides Room 315/316 a reception for participants will follow the workshop.

Tutorial #7: Nanomagnetism Room 305

Tutorial #8: Advances in Josephson Qubits Room 303/304 8

Physics Teacher Education Coalition Workshops Workshop 2: Transforming Your Undergraduate Physics Registration Deadline: February 27, 2009 Course Using Learning Assistants Westin Hotel • Westmoreland E Incorporating Simulations and Computer Presenters: Valerie Otero, University of Colorado at Boulder Modeling into Upper Level Physics Courses Steve Pollock, University of Colorado at Boulder Register through the PTEC website. Space is limited to 50 Abstract: Research shows that students have a much better people per workshop. chance of learning physics in physics courses that interactively Registrants will need to create an account on PTEC.org, engage students. Relatively straightforward transformations which will take 30 seconds. Registrants may–but are not re- to physics courses can have large impacts on students’ learn- quired to–register for the PTEC Conference to attend one of ing. In addition, U.S. universities are failing to recruit and ad- these PTEC workshops. If you have any questions please con- equately prepare future high school physics teachers and our tact Gabe Popkin, [email protected]. nation’s youth are not getting adequate preparation in high Sunday, March 15 ...... 8:30 am – 12:00 noon school physics. The Learning Assistant (LA) model addresses Cost: $20 for PTEC members these problems by using undergraduate LAs to assist in the $50 for non-members of PTEC transformation of undergraduate courses and at the same time, they make up the pool from which new high school Workshop 1: An Interactive Workshop on How to Imple- physics teachers are recruited. The LA model has demon- ment Proven Interactive Learning Strategies Into the Lecture strated effectiveness in improving undergraduate education Portion of Your Classroom and in recruiting more physics majors to teaching careers. Westin Hotel • Washington In this workshop participants will be introduced to the basic Presenter: Edward Prather, Executive Director, Center for As- components of the LA program and will learn how to use it to tronomy Education (CAE), University of Arizona make practical changes in their own large-enrollment physics Abstract: When we think about how we were socialized into courses. the world of teaching and learning as university science stu- Participants will engage with materials that are used both dents, it is not surprising that we tend to practice traditional to train LAs and to transform our undergraduate courses. lecture methods with our students once we start teaching our Workshop on Opportunities in Energy Research own courses. Acknowledging that traditional lecture-based instruction is insufficient at promoting significant conceptual Sunday, March 15...... 8:30 am – 6:00 pm gains for students in introductory science courses is only the Westin Hotel • Allegheny 1 first step. But what can we do in the traditional lecture setting Cost: Free that really works? We typically receive little to no training or Overview and Goals: This one-day workshop for graduate professional development on instructional strategies that are students and postdocs will highlight the contributions phys- explicitly designed to challenge students’ initial ideas and rea- ics-related research can make towards meeting the nation’s soning difficulties and intellectually engage their thinking at a energy needs in environmentally friendly ways. It is aimed at level deeper than what is fostered during traditional lecture. young physicists who are concerned about the environment The overarching goal of this workshop is to help partici- and who would like to use their scientific and quantitative pants become better able to implement interactive learning skills to help meet the challenges that the world faces. strategies into the lecture portion of their classrooms. From The workshop will feature plenary talks by leaders in the questioning in the classroom and interactive demonstrations, field of energy research. After an overview talk, there will be to small group collaborative activities, interactive-teaching six talks on different cutting-edge research areas. Each talk will will be modeled by both workshop leaders and participants. be aimed at the level of physics graduate students who are Materials will be provided to participants to take home and not experts in energy research. The goal of the workshop is to try in their classes. Active audience participation will be re- show physics graduate students and postdocs how they can quired—no, really, it will be fun, really!! contribute to energy and environmental solutions while do- Members of the Center for Astronomy Education (CAE) at ing exciting scientific research. the University of Arizona have been developing and conduct- Funding: APS has applied to the Department of Energy for ing research on the effectiveness of learner-centered instruc- financial support for this workshop. We expect to be able to tional strategies and materials that put students in an active help defray the expenses of those who will need financial as- role in the traditional lecture classroom. The results of this sistance to attend the workshop. work have been incorporated into a series of “Teaching Excel- lence Workshops” that members of CAE have been conduct- ing around the nation as part of the NASA Spitzer Education and Public Outreach Program, JPL Exoplanet Exploration Pub- lic Engagement Program and the NSF CCLI Phase III Collabora- tion of Astronomy Teaching Scholars (CATS) Program. The goal of these workshops is to improve participant’s implementation and pedagogical content knowledge of research-validat- ed interactive learning strategies. 9

Education Workshop – Forum on Education and Op-Ed Writing Workshop DCOMP: Incorporating Simulations and Computer Modeling Sunday, March 15...... 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm into Upper Level Physics Courses Westin Hotel • Westmoreland West Workshop Registration: You must sign up for the DOE Work- shop when you pre-register for the March Meeting. No on-site Career Workshop registration for this workshop. Sunday, March 15...... 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Sunday, March 15...... 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Convention Center • 320/321 Convention Center • 317/318 Cost: Free Cost: Free. Partial funding for this work was obtained Do you need some useful guidance that will take your job through NSF grants DUE-0442581, NSF-PHY-0653129 and search to the next level? Come to this free interactive Career NSF- PHY-055434. Workshop where you will learn the fine points of Network- Organizer: APS Department of Education ing to tap into the hidden job market, how to improve your Who Should Attend: This workshop will benefit anyone resume, and ways to ace your interview, plus a host of other teaching or planning to teach upper level physics as well as helpful hints. There will also be opportunities to put your new computational physicists wishing to adopt the OSP Java librar- networking skills to practice. ies and OSP programs for their own teaching and research. We will discuss the general pedagogical and technical issues in the design of interactive computer-based tutorials and how OSP programs can be adapted to your local situation. Workshop Description: This workshop will present recently developed computer-based curricular material that improves student understanding of upper-level physics topics and that makes many previously inaccessible topics accessible to undergraduate and graduate students. Participants will receive a CD containing curricular material from the Open Source Physics (OSP) project as well as the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling and authoring tool. All programs are freely distrib- utable under the GNU GPL license. Additional information can be obtained from the ComPADRE website. Speakers: Wolfgang Christian, Harvey Gould, Anne Cox, Chandralekha Singh 10 APS MEETINGS & EVENTS (In chronological order)

Contact Congress Special Symposium – Session G1 Sunday, March 15...... 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Energy and the Environment Mon-Wed, March 16-18....9:00 am – 6:00 pm Monday, March 16...... 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Thursday, March 19...... 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Convention Center • Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A Convention Center • Hall A Concourse Speakers: Sponsored by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics Kevin E. Trenberth, Climate Analysis Section, NCAR, Boul- and the Division of Materials Physics der, CO: The Flow of Energy Through the Climate System and Q: What’s the best-spent minute at the March meeting? Changes with Global Warming A: Stopping by the Contact Congress booth to sign your George Crabtree, Materials Science Division, Argonne Na- name to letters to your Congressional delegation on the im- tional Laboratory: Materials for Sustainable Energy portance of federal funding for basic research. It takes only a minute. By doing so, you are making your voice heard in Wash- APS Journals Booth ington and helping to influence the funding levels for phys- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday March 16-18 ics research and education. To amplify the impact, the APS Convention Center • Exhibit Hall A •Booth #403-405 Washington Office follows up each letter with a call or visit to congressional staff. The strongest and most persuasive advo- Talk to the APS Journal Editors cates on Capitol Hill come from a Senator or Representative’s Editors of the APS journals and members of the technical constituents. That means you! If you live in the United States, and marketing staff will be on hand at the APS Journals Booth you are qualified to write to your members of Congress. located in the exhibit hall to answer questions on all matters Contact Congress is run by the APS Washington Office. If pertaining to the APS journals. Access to the online journals you have any questions about what is happening in DC, just will be available. Your ideas, concerns, and suggestions are stop by to ask the experts. welcome. We look forward to interacting with you on any journal Gallery of Non-Linear Images matters, and to the opportunity to thank you in person for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday during Exhibit Hours your contributions as an author or a reviewer. We are always Convention Center • Exhibit Hall A pleased to receive feedback on our journals, to hear your ideas The 6th annual Gallery of Nonlinear Images consists of aes- and concerns, and to learn more from our community about thetically pleasing, insightful displays of pictures, computers all aspects of physics research. We hope you will be able to graphics, and video clips submitted by attendees. Outstand- drop by! The APS Booth will be open throughout the Exhibit ing entries, selected by a panel of referees for originality and Show for information on the APS and its journals. ability to convey and exchange information, will be honored APS Journals Booth Hours: during the meeting, placed on display at the Annual meeting Monday, March 16...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, and will appear in the an- Tuesday, March 17...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm nual Gallery of Nonlinear Images article in the December 2009 Wednesday, March 18...... 9:00 am – 4:00 pm issue of Chaos. Wine and Cheese Receptions APS Prizes & Awards Ceremonial Session Monday & Tuesday...... 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Monday, March 16...... 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Convention Center • Exhibit Hall A Convention Center • Room 301/302 Prizes and awards will be bestowed on several individuals Estate Planning Seminar for outstanding contributions to physics. Please plan on at- Tuesday, March 17...... 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm tending the Awards Program and join us in honoring these Westin Hotel • Crawford Room individuals. The names of the awards and awardees will be included in the printed program distributed at the meeting and Panel Discussion with APS Journal Editors in the on-line program to be posted to the web in January. The APS Publishing: Present and Future – Session L36 Awards Program will be followed by the Welcome Reception Tuesday, March 17...... 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm at 6:45pm in Hall A/C Concourse. Convention Center • Room 408 This panel discussion will consist of a set of short presen- Welcome Reception tations covering issues relevant to publication in the APS Monday, March 16...... 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm journals, including the concept of “significant” new physics, Convention Center • Hall A/C Concourse followed by questions and comments from the audience. The All attendees are invited. editors will comment on the identification of “significance” and its role in the editorial process, past,present, and future. There will be a brief “State of the Journals” address by APS Editor-in- 11 Chief, Gene Sprouse, and statements of key issues facing the Special Session – T45 journals, by their editors. There will also be an introduction to Funding Opportunities at NSF the new APS publication, Physics, by its Editor, David Voss. The Wednesday, March 18...... 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm questions and comments section will be moderated by the Convention Center • Room 316 Editor-in-Chief. Funding opportunities for NSF presented by Zakya H. Ka- fafi, Director, Division of Materials Research, Directorate for Meet the Editors of AIP and APS Reception Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Science Foun- Tuesday, March 17...... 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm dation, followed by a question and answer period. Convention Center • Hall A/C Concourse The Editors of the AIP and APS journals cordially invite you Special Session – T46 to join them for conversation and refreshments. Your ques- Funding Opportunities at DOE tions, criticisms, compliments, and suggestions about the Wednesday, March 18...... 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm journals are welcome. We hope you will be able to join us. Convention Center • Room 315 Funding opportunities for DOE presented by Harriet Journals of the American Institute of Physics: Kung, Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Sci- Applied Physics Letters ence, U.S. Department of Energy, followed by a question and APL: Organic Electronics & Photonics answer period. Applied Physics Reviews Biomicrofluidics Special Symposium – Session U1 Chaos Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Journal of Applied Physics Cosmology The Journal of Chemical Physics Wednesday, March 18...... 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm JCP: BioChemical Physics Westin Hotel • Allegheny Ballroom Journal of Mathematical Physics Chair: Andrew Zentner, University of Pittsburgh Journal of Physical & Chemical Reference Data Speakers: Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy John Ruhl/Physics Department, Case Western Reserve Uni- Low Temperature Physics versity: Clusters and Cosmology with the South Pole Telescope Physics of Fluids Sandra Faber/UCO/LICK Observatory, University of Califor- Physics of Plasmas nia, Santa Cruz: The Formation of Galaxies Review of Scientific Instruments David Weinberg/Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University: Cosmology from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Journals of the American Physical Society: Physical Review A Physics Sing-Along/Listen-Along Physical Review B Wednesday, March 18...... 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Physical Review E Westin Hotel • Somerset Physical Review Focus Physical Review Letters Visit to the Carnegie Science Center Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research Thursday, March 19...... 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Physics If you are interested in visiting the Carnegie Science Cen- Reviews of Modern Physics ter on Thursday evening, buses will be available for boarding at 6:30pm to transport interested individuals from the Con- Physics Journal Q & A – Session P36 vention Center to the Science Center. Buses will depart from the Science Center at 9:00pm and 9:15pm and return to the Physics Q & A will immediately follow the APS Journals Tu- convention center. To learn more about the Carnegie Science torial for Authors and Referees Center go to: Carnegiesciencecenter.org Wednesday, March 18...... 9:30 am – 11:15 am Convention Center • Room 408 APS’s latest publication, Physics, highlights exceptional papers from the Physical Review journals. Each week, editors from the journals choose papers that merit this treatment, aided by referee comments and internal discussion. Physics features expert commentaries written by active researchers who are asked to explain the results to physicists in other subfields. These commissioned articles are edited for clarity and readability across fields and are accompanied by explanatory illustrations. 12 APS EVENTS FOR SPECIAL GROUPS (In chronological order)

New Physics and Astronomy Faculty Reunion DCMP/DMP/DCOMP/DCP New Fellows and Award Sunday, March 15...... 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Winners Reception Westin Hotel • Somerset Room Tuesday, March 17...... 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Westin Hotel • Allegheny II-III Companion’s Welcome Breakfast Monday, March 16...... 9:00 am – 10:30 am COM/CSWP Reception Westin Hotel • Cambria West Tuesday, March 17...... 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Cost: Free to companions and families of attendees only. Westin Hotel • Armstrong Companions of the attendees of the March Meeting are Enjoy a dessert buffet, learn about the work of the Commit- invited to a complimentary breakfast to meet other compan- tee on Minorities in Physics and the Committee on the Status ions and learn about the city of Pittsburgh. Presentations will of Women in Physics, network with colleagues, and unwind be made by a representative of the Pittsburgh Convention after a long day of sessions. and Visitors Bureau. At the breakfast you will receive information about the sites and attractions in the city. Restricted to Forum on International Physics (FIP) Reception companions and families only - registered meeting attendees Tuesday, March 17...... 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm not admitted. Westin Hotel • Somerset

SPS Undergraduate and Mentor Appreciation Tutorial for Authors and Referees – Session P36 Reception Wednesday, March 18...... 8:30 am – 9:30 am Monday, March 16...... 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Convention Center • Room 408 Convention Center • Room 309 Editors from Physical Review Letters and Physical Review Following Session B13 will provide information and tips for our less experienced referees and authors. This session is aimed at anyone looking to CSWP/FIAP Networking Breakfast for Women in submit to or review for any of the APS journals, as well as any- Industry one who would like to learn more about the authoring and Tuesday, March 17...... 7:30 am – 9:30 am refereeing processes. Westin Hotel • Cambria West Topics for discussion will include: If you have not pre-registered for the breakfast, a limited • Advice on how to write good manuscripts number of tickets will be available for sale at the meeting at the APS registration desk in the convention center. Cost: $15 • Similarities and differences in writing referee reports for PRL ($5.00 for students) and PR • Ways in which authors, referees, and editors can work High School Physics Teachers Day together productively Tuesday, March 17...... 8:00 am – 2:45 pm Westin Hotel • Pennsylvania Ballroom West Following a short presentation from the editors, there will In conjunction with the 2009 March Meeting, the APS De- be a moderated discussion. Refreshments will be served. Phys- partment of Education and Diversity is sponsoring High School ics Q & A will immediately follow this tutorial. Physics Teachers’ Day for teachers in the Pittsburgh area. The program includes: Student Reception Wednesday, March 18...... 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm • Hands-on workshops presenting innovative, classroom- Westin Hotel • Allegheny 1 ready activities The Student Reception is sponsored by APS and the Forum • Research talks on cutting-edge physics on Graduate Student Affairs (FGSA). The Forum on Graduate • Welcome breakfast, and a chance to network with fellow Student Affairs (FGSA) will present a short program highlight- teachers ing their latest activities. • Lunch with a physicist

If you are a physicist attending the March Meeting and would like to join the teachers for lunch, email Ed Lee (lee@ aps.org). All students are welcome. Plan to attend and social- ize with your fellow students and enjoy the refreshments.

13 Graduate Students Lunch with the Experts

Attendance is Limited – Eight students per topic Forum on Education Sponsored Topic Wednesday, March 18...... 1:00pm - 2:30pm 8. Teaching and Research At Undergraduate Institutions: A Convention Center • Level 2 Concourse Condensed Matter – Complex Fluids Perspective Cost: Free Peter Collings, Swarthmore College Graduate students may sign up on-site to enjoy complimentary box-lunch while participating in an informal discussion with an expert on a topic of interest to them. Topics will GMAG Sponsored Topics be identified in January and listed on this web page. 9. Unraveling Strongly Correlated Materials with X-Rays Registration: Sign-up will take place beginning Monday, John Freeland, Argonne National Laboratory March 16 at 1:00pm, at the APS Registration Desk (Convention 10. Understanding Magnetic Anisotropy with Ferromagnetic Center, 3rd floor), and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Resonance Michael Pechan, Miami University List of Student Luncheon Topics DCMP Sponsored Topics 11. Imaging Magnetic Nanostructures: How Electron Microscopy Can Help 1. Self-Replicating Systems: Colloidal Life Amanda Petford-Long, Argonne National Laboratory Paul Chaikin, NYU 12. Molecular Magnets 2. Magnetism: Microscopy and Transport Myriam Sarachik, CCNY, CUNY Dan Dahlberg, University of MN 3. Geometry of Soft Matter Randy Kamien, UPenn GQI Sponsored Topic 4. Probing Graphene with Transport and STM Experiments 13. Physical Implementation of Quantum Computation Eva Andrei, Rutgers University David DiVincenzo, IBM

DCOMP Sponsored Topics GSNP Sponsored Topic 5. Surface-based Nanostructures 14. Physics Far From Equilibrium: Challenges and Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Opportunities 6. Physics of Nucleation Royce Zia, Virginia Tech Ken Kelton, Washington University 7. Warm Dense Matter Lee Collins, Los Alamos National Laboratory 14 APS Unit Business Meetings

APS Unit Business Meetings Tuesday, March 17...... 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday, March 17...... 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Westin Hotel Convention Center DCP Business Meeting • Butler West GQI Business Meeting • Room 318 DCOMP Business Meeting • Butler East DBP Business Meeting • Room 412 DMP Business Meeting • Fayette DPOLY Business Meeting • Room 320 DCMP Business Meeting • Washington GMAG Business Meeting • Room 335 GSNP Business Meeting • Room 303 FIAP Business Meeting • Room 330 GIMS Business Meeting • room 329

UNIT ACRONYMS

Divisions Topical Groups DAMOP �� Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics GFBS �� Few Body Systems Topical Group DAP �� Division of Astrophysics GGR �� Gravitation Topical Group DBP �� Division of Biological Physics GHP. �� Topical Group on Hadronic Physics DCP �� Division of Chemical Physics GIMS �� Instrumentation and Measurement Science DCMP �� Division of Condensed Matter Physics Topical Group DCOMP. �� Division of Computational Physics GMAG �� Magnetism and Its Applications Topical Group DFD �� Division of Fluid Dynamics GPAP �� Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics DLS �� Division of Laser Science GSNP �� Statistical and Non-linear Topical Group DMP �� Division of Materials Physics GFC �� Precision Measurement and Fundamental DNP �� Division of Nuclear Physics Constants Topical DPB �� Division of the Physics of Beams GSCCM �� Shock Compression of Condensed Matter DPF �� Division of Particles and Fields GQI �� Quantum Information, Concepts and Computation DPP �� Division of Plasma Physics DPOLY �� Division of Polymer Physics Committees COM �� Committee on Minorities Forums CSWP �� Committee on the Status of Women in Physics FEd �� Forum on Education in Physics FGSA �� Forum on Graduate Student Affairs FHP �� Forum on History of Physics FIAP. �� Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics FIP �� Forum on International Physics FPS �� Forum on Physics and Society 15 SATELLITE MEETINGS (ancillary events sponsored by non-APS groups)

American Chapter Indian Physics Reception Taylor and Francis Reception Monday, March 16...... 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Wednesday, March 18...... 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Westin Hotel • Butler Room Westin Hotel • Somerset Room

Veeco Sponsored Workshop ALUMNI REUNIONS Significant Improvements in AFM Lower the Barrier for Tuesday, March 17...... 6:00pm-8:00pm Obtaining High Quality Data Westin Hotel Monday, March 16...... 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm IBM • Crawford Westin Hotel • Somerset Room University of Illinois • Allegheny I Research Corporation Reception Michigan State • Westmoreland East Tuesday, March 17...... 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm University of Pittsburgh • Carnegie Mellon/Westmoreland Westin Hotel • Cambria Room West & Central

Reception of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science Wednesday, March 18 Tuesday, March 17...... 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Westin Hotel Renaissance Hotel • Symphony Ballroom • 107 Sixth Street Yale University • Butler Room • 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm IOP Reception Cornell University • Westmoreland • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Wednesday, March 18...... 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Brown University • Washington Room • 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Westin Hotel • Pennsylvania Ballroom West 16 PRIZES and AWARDS

Awards Session • Monday, March 16 • 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm • Convention Center, Room 301

David Adler Award Davisson-Germer Prize Session D3 Session T8 Salvatore Torquato Yves Chabal Princeton University University of Texas, Dallas For his highly original and deep studies Krishnan Raghavachari of n-point correlation functions in Indiana University heterogeneous materials and his outstanding communication of these results For the individual development and through publication and public presentation. collaborative application of fundamental surface infrared spectroscopy and quantum chemical methods to silicon surface reactions important in microelectronics.

LeRoy Apker Award Session T8 Sujit Datta University of Pennsylvania John Dillon Medal Surface Potentials and Layer Charge Session L1 Distributions in Few-Layer Graphene Films. Venkat Ganesan Session D17 University of Texas Byron C. Drury For exceptional contributions to innovative Haverford College computer simulation approaches and analysis of equilibrium and dynamic Factoring Quantum Logic Gates with Cartan properties of multicomponent polymetric Involutions. materials and nanocomposites.

Keithley Award Oliver Buckley Prize Session T3 Session L2 Robert Schoelkopf Robert Meservey Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology For development of techniques for high frequency measurements of mesoscopic Terunobu Miyazaki physics and quantum noise, including the Tohoku University radio-frequency single-electron transistor and absolute thermometry based on electron shot-noise. Jagadeesh Moodera Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Irving Langmuir Prize Paul Tedrow Session H7 Cornell University W.E. Moerner Stanford University For pioneering work in the field of spin- For making major contributions to the dependent tunneling and for the application chemical physics of biological systems of these phenomena to the field of and non-biological materials through the magnetoelectronics. application of single molecule spectroscopy.

Lilienfeld Prize Session L2 Ramamurti Shankar Yale University For his innovative applications of field theoretic techniques to quantum condensed matter systems, and his marvelous presentations of the story of physics through teaching, lectures, textbooks, and public talks. 17 PRIZES and AWARDS

Nicholas Metropolis Earle Plyler Prize Dissertation Award Session J37 Session A13 Terry A. Miller Chao Cao Ohio State University University of Florida For his pioneering spectroscopic Citation: investigations of complex molecules, free radicals, and ions – especially for the development of a quantitative understanding of the Jahn-Teller effect in organic molecules.

James McGroddy Prize Session D3 Polymer Prize William L. Johnson Session H2 California Institute of Technology Steve Granick University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Akihisa Inoue For pathbreaking and elegant experiments Institute for Materials Research that elucidate the structure and dynamics of For the development of slow cooling polymers and liquids confined by surfaces. methods for the fabrication of bulk metallic glasses with remarkable mechanical properties and the characterization and application of these materials. Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics Session D3 Nicholson Medal Philip J. Wyatt Session T8 Wyatt Technology Corporation Katepalli Sreenivasan For pioneering developments in the physics ICTP of the inverse scattering problem, new applications of laser light scattering and For his commitment to mentoring students the successful sustained commercialization and junior colleagues and his significant of new related analytical methods and contributions to fostering international instrumentation. collaborations and promoting the advancement and education of early career scientists from the developing world. Aneesur Rahman Prize Session X6 Lars Onsager Prize Session T8 Allan Peter Young University of California, Santa Cruz B. Sriram Shastry University of California, Santa Cruz For his innovative and definitive numerical studies of spin glasses and the vortex glass For pioneering work in developing and solv- state of high temperature superconductors. ing models of strongly correlated systems and for wide-ranging contributions to phe- nomenological many-body theory, which have advanced the analysis of experiments on strongly correlated materials. Prize to a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution George Pake Prize James Eckert Session D3 Harvey Mudd College David J. Bishop For the significant contributions he has LGS made to the understanding of the complex For his effective leadership of AT&T/Lucent/ exchange biasing mechanism crucial to Bell Labs research during an especially spin-valve sensors used in the read-write turbulent time in the telecommunications heads of hard disks and for his skilled and industry, and for his seminal contributions to enthusiastic inclusion of undergraduates in low-temperature physics research. physics research. 18 FOCUS SESSIONS

DAMOP DCP D16 ��BEC-BCS Crossover A37 ��Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory I Q16 ��Dipolar Gases and Ultra-Cold Molecules B37 ��Fundamental Developments in Density Functional J16 ��Disorder in Ultra-Cold Gases Theory II D37 ��Fundamental Developments in Density Functional DBP Theory III X39 ��Crystal Growth of and Moderated by Proteins W38 ��Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics I T40 ��Knots and Loops in Biomolecules X38 ��Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics II T39 ��Physical Virology P38 ��Nanomaterials for Energy Applications I L39 ��Theories and Simulations for Biomolecular Dynamics Q38 �� Nanomaterials for Energy Applications II in Cell-like Environments H37 ��Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function I DBP/GSNP J37 ��Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and D39 ��Noise and Fluctuations in Biochemical Networks Function II L37 ��Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and DCMP Function III P37 ��Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water I H27 ��Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods Q37 ��Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water II H24 ��Chemical Modification of Nanotubes T37 ��Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water III P35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IX: A38 ��The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically- Mostly Transport inspired Solar Energy Harvesting I H33 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors V: B38 ��The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically- Tunneling, PCAR, Josephson inspired Solar Energy Harvesting II J34 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VII: D38 ��The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically- Pressure Effects and Thermal Expansion inspired Solar Energy Harvesting III Q35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors X: T38 ��The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Spectroscopy Astrophysics I W13 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIV: V38 ��The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and ARPES Astrophysics II H10 ��Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Quantum Dots H38 ��Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules I P11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures IV: Correlation J38 ��Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules II Effects L38 ��Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules III

DCOMP DFD A13 ��Metropolis Thesis Prize and Multiscale Modeling B14 ��Colloids I: Physical Behavior and Mechanisms

DCOMP/GSCCM DMP P13 ��Extreme Conditions and High Pressure I: Chemistry B21 ��Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I Q13 ��Extreme Conditions and High Pressure II: Phase Transitions Q21 ��Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III V23 ��Extreme Conditions and High Pressure III: Electronic P24 ��Electron Transport in Nanotubes Transitions and Mixtures L24 ��Electronic Properties of Nanotubes W23 ��Extreme Conditions and High Pressure IV: Equations of T24 ��Excitonic Effects in Nanotubes State and Dynamics A10 ��Ferroelectrics I 19 FOCUS SESSIONS

B10 ��Ferroelectrics II Y35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVI: Hc2 and Vortex Dynamics D10 ��Ferroelectrics III and Piezoelectrics Z35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVII: A25 ��Graphene I: Electronic Properties Similar Materials: Selenides and Tellurides D25 ��Graphene III: Growth and Structure J24 ��Nanotube Applications H26 ��Graphene IV: Electronic and Structural Properties B24 ��Nanotube Characterization Q25 ��Graphene IX: Structure and Strain D24 ��Nanotube manipulation and processing J25 ��Graphene V: Structure and Raman Spectroscopy V24 ��Nanotube Related Hybrid Structures L26 ��Graphene VI: Phonons and Raman Spectroscopy A24 ��Nanotube Synthesis P25 ��Graphene VII: Electronic Properties J10 ��Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Quantum-Dot- P26 ��Graphene VIII: Electronic Properties Coupled Systems Q26 ��Graphene X: Theory Q11 ��Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Optical Antennas and Plasmonics T25 ��Graphene XI: Scanning Probes I T10 ��Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and T26 ��Graphene XII: Synthesis and Growth Metamaterials V25 ��Graphene XIII: Spectroscopic and Transport Properties Y10 ��Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Artificially V26 ��Graphene XIV: Magnetism and Bilayers Structured Materials Z25 ��Graphene XIX: Electronic Properties Q24 ��Optical Response of Nanotubes W25 ��Graphene XV: Scanning Probes II and Hall Effect H25 ��Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I W26 ��Graphene XVI: Functionalization and Growth I L25 ��Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II X25 ��Graphene XVII: p-n Junctions, Nanoribbons, and B11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Surface Quantum Dots Assemblies and Films Y25 ��Graphene XVIII: Functionalization and Growth II H11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures II: Molecular Junctions I Q28 ��Hydrogen Storage/Nanomaterials for Energy L11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures III: Molecular Y24 ��Hydrogen Storage: Atomic and Molecular Motions Junctions II A35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors I: T11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures V: Wires and Synthesis and New Materials Films B34 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors W11 ��Transport Properties of Nanostructures VI: Kondo II: Quantum Oscillations, Electronic Structure and Phenomena Magnetism J21 ��Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II B35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors III: General Theory DMP/DCMP D35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IV: General Experiment P12 ��Characterization and Modeling of Complex Surfaces and Interfaces H35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VI: Model Hamiltonians H12 ��Directed Organization of Molecular Semiconducting Films J35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VIII: Magnetism (Experiment) L12 ��Photocatalysis and photovoltaic: Excitation, Trapping, and Transport of Charge Carriers at Surfaces and T33 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XI: Interfaces Pentration Depth and Magnetic Anisotropy B12 ��Structure and Dynamics of Metal Thin Films T35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XII: Phonons and Miscellaneous Experiment V35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIII: DMP/DCOMP Pairing Symmetry, Theory and Experiment A26 ��Computational Nanoscience I: Inorganic X35 ��Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XV: Nanostructures and Interfaces Electronic Structure and Magnetism B26 ��Computational Nanoscience II: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Assembly 20 FOCUS SESSIONS

D26 ��Computational Nanoscience III: Defects, Doping, and DPOLY Structure D19 ��Grazing Incidence Scattering and New Imaging J26 ��Computational Nanoscience IV: Carbon- and Silicon- Techniques based Nanostructures V19 ��Hierarchically Ordered Systems W24 ��Computational Nanoscience V: Transport T20 ��Magnetic Properties of Organic Semiconductors/ Surface Characterization of Organic Materials DMP/DPOLY W18 ��Mechanical Force Spectroscopy and Device L19 ��Ionically Gated and Conventional OFETs and Related Applications of Polymeric and Biological Materials Devices T18 ��Organic Photovoltaics and Other Photonic Devices B20 ��Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, DMP/FIAP Batteries I D28 ��Thermoelectric Materials: Oxides and Complex Crystals B19 ��Polymers and Ionic Liquids L28 ��Thermoelectric Materials: Tellurides Y18 ��Surface Instabilities and Adsorbed or Grafted Layers H28 ��Thermoelectric Materials: Transport Physics B18 ��Templated Assembly of Polymers D18 ��Transport and Optical Properties of Conjugated DMP/GMAG Polymers and other Solution Processable Semiconductors D30 ��Cobaltite and Manganite films

X30 ��Cobaltites DPOLY/DBP T30 ��Excitations in Multiferroics V18 ��Physics of Green Polymers and of Biocompatibility L34 ��Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems Z30 ��Iron-based Multiferroics FEd J31 ��Magnetic Multilayers T29 ��NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Z31 ��Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites: Program: Overview and Perspectives Characterization D29 ��The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops I W31 ��Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanowires X31 ��Magnetic Nanostructures: Domain Walls, Reversal, FEd/DCOMP Oscillators L29 ��Incorporating Computational Physics into Teaching T31 ��Magnetic, Electric, and Photo-Induced Magnetization Reversal FIAP P29 ��Manganites J28 ��Graphene Device and Applications I J30 ��Multiferroic Manganites L27 ��Graphene Device and Applications II V30 ��Multiferroic Properties of Oxide Films V28 ��Graphene Device and Applications III L30 ��Multiferroics I B28 ��Graphene II: Synthesis and Characterization Q29 ��Ordering in Complex Oxides P10 ��Multiferroics II Q30 ��Oxide Superlattices Q10 ��Multiferroics III and Dielectrics P30 ��Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces T27 ��Pulsed Laser Deposition of Electronic and Photonic W30 ��Ruthenates Thin Films and Nanostructures H30 ��Superconducting and Magnetic Oxide Superlattices P28 ��Thermoelectricity in Si-containing Materials and Films Q34 ��Superconductivity: Magnetic Properties FIAP/DMP H31 ��Vanadate Thin Films W28 ��Device Applications of Multiferroic Structures A30 ��Vanadates, Iridates and Other Oxides X28 ��Magnetoelectric Coupling in Multiferroic Systems T28 ��Thermoelectric Materials: Nanostructures 21 FOCUS SESSIONS

GIMS X22 ��Magnetism in II-VI and IV Semiconductors A27 ��Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Z32 ��Magnetoresistance and Spin-dependent Transport Temperatures J22 ��Optical Control and Electron-nuclear Effects in P27 ��Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Quantum Dots Frequency and Optical Techniques H22 ��Optical Generation and Detection of Spins in V27 ��Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Semiconductors Biological Applications Z22 ��Quantum Spin Hall Effect J27 ��X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences I J29 ��Spin Currents in Metals - New and Miscellaneous Q27 ��X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences II Topics P22 ��Spin Hall and other Spin-Orbit Effects in GMAG Semiconductors Y22 ��Spin Resonance in Semiconductors B31 ��Dimers and Other Frustrated Structures L31 ��Spin Transport and Exchange Bias in Nanostructures V31 ��Frustration Theory and Modeling L22 ��Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors Y31 ��Neutron Scattering A22 ��Spins in Group III-V and II-VI Semiconductors D31 ��Quantum Magnets D22 ��Spins in Group IV Semiconductors P31 ��Spin Ice Q22 ��Spins in Quantum Dots and Mn in Arsenides Y29 ��Spin Liquids B22 ��Theory of Spin-based Semiconductor Devices Q31 ��Spinels, Pyrochlores and General V32 ��Vortex and Domain Wall Dynamics GMAG/DCOMP/DMP GQI H32 ��Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties I: (First-Principles Calculations) D17 ��Foundations of Quantum Theory W32 ��Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and T17 ��Materials in Superconducting Qubits Properties II A17 ��Photons and Quantum Dots B17 ��Progress towards Scalable Quantum Information GMAG/DMP Processing Y30 ��LAO/STO Interfaces Y17 ��Quantum Metrology and Nanomechanics B30 ��Manganite Superlattices H17 ��Semiconducting Qubit Approaches A31 ��Molecular Nanomagnets J17 ��Superconducting Phase Qubits L32 ��Nanostructured Manganites, Thin Films and Others P32 ��Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials GMAG GSNP D32 ��Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials and Q9 ��Dynamics of Glassy Systems Graphene J9 �� Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects II X9 ��Jamming: Theory and Experiment II GMAG/DMP/FIAP T9 ��Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems I X29 ��Current Induced Dynamics in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Spin Waves V9 ��Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks Y32 ��Current-Induced Magnetic Switching GSNP/DBP W29 ��Current-Induced Oscillations W22 ��Dilute Magnetic Nitride Semiconductors L9 ��Systems Far from Equilibrium II V22 ��Dilute Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors T22 ��GaMnAs T32 ��Gilbert Damping and Non-local Spin Injection 22 POSTER SESSIONS

Convention Center • Exhibit Hall A Poster sessions will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Posters will be on display from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday and Tuesday, and from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Wednesday. Authors should be in attendance at the times listed below. APS is not responsible for poster materials that are left in the exhibit hall after the session is over. No A-V is allowed in posters sessions. A wine and cheese reception will be held in Exhibit Hall A on Monday and Tuesday from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

C1: Poster Session I • Monday, March 16 Authors in Attendance from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

1 – 102...... Polymeric and Organic Materials I 103 – 119...... Applications 120 – 183...... Complex Structured Materials 184 – 185...... Quantum Fluids and Solids 186 – 194...... Nanotechnology/Bionanotechnology 195 – 239...... Fluids and Soft Matter 240 – 245...... General Physics 246 – 271...... Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 272 – 298...... Superconductivity

K1: Poster Session II • Tuesday, March 17 Authors in Attendance from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

1 – 11...... Physics Education 12 – 32...... Society of Physics Students and Undergraduate Research 33 – 54...... Metals 55 – 74...... Magnetism: Oxides and Nanostructures 75 – 93...... Magnetism: Dynamics and Transport 94 – 105...... Magnetism: General and Theory 106 – 124...... Instrumentation and Measurement Science 125 – 161...... Chemical Physics 162 – 189...... Artificially Structured Materials 190 – 217...... Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films 218 – 229...... Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) Physics 230 – 238...... Cold Gas 239 – 257...... Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation 258 – 303...... Biological Physics

S1: Poster Session III • Wednesday, March 18 Authors in Attendance from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

1 – 65...... Polymeric and Organic Materials Ii 66 – 83...... Phase Transitions and Strongly Correlated Systems 84 – 104...... General Theory (Theoretical Methods) 105 – 120...... Insulators and Dielectrics 121 – 175...... Semiconductors 176 – 179...... Supplementary Abstracts 180 – 257...... Post-deadline Abstracts 23 PROGRAM FORMAT

Program Time-Blocks Guidelines for Session Chairs Contributed and invited sessions at APS general meetings • Prior to the session, check the Corrigenda distributed with are three hours in length — three sessions per day at 8:00am, the Bulletin, as well as the Program-Changes Board in the reg- 11:15am, and 2:30pm. The time-blocks are designated in alpha istration area to see if any papers in the session you are chair- order beginning with time-block “A” on Monday at 8:00am, and ing have been withdrawn. ending with “Y” designating the 11:15 time-block on Friday. • Arrive at the meeting room about 15 minutes prior to the Session Codes start of the session and familiarize yourself with the controls The number following the alpha that designates the time- for lights, microphones, A-V equipment and the timer. Techni- block represents the sequential numbering of the sessions cians will be on hand to assist. If you encounter problems, you within the time-block. Session A1 is one of several sessions should immediately alert the Meetings Manager and/or the taking place in parallel in the first time-block on Monday. The A-V specialist. number following the decimal in the session code represents the sequence of the papers to be presented in that session. • Start the session on time. Briefly introduce yourself, an- For example: B3.004 = Time-block B (Monday at 11:15am); Ses- nounce the first paper and author, and start the timer. sion 3 (of several) within that time-block; and the 4th paper to be presented in that session. • Please adhere to the time schedule listed in the Bulletin, so that simultaneous sessions are as closely synchronized as Poster Codes possible. Many attendees move from session to session in or- The poster sessions will take place on Monday, Tuesday, der to hear specific papers.Note: any time used by the speaker and Wednesday in the Exhibit Hall. A breakdown of the topics and/or technicians to set up laptops for LCD (Powerpoint) pre- presented in each category is listed on page 20. sentations is deducted from the time allocated for the talk. Monday poster session (2:00 – 5:00 pm) = Sessions C1 Tuesday poster session (2:00 – 5:00 pm) = Sessions K1 • The allotted time for contributed papers is 12 minutes; for Wednesday poster session (1:00 – 4:00 pm) = Sessions S1 invited papers — 36 minutes. If you are chairing a session that Each poster presentation (board) within each poster ses- includes both contributed and invited papers please be aware sion is numbered sequentially. of the different times allocated for each and set the timer as follows: Guidelines for Speakers Contributed papers - set timer for 8 minutes to give initial warning, then set the final bell to go off 2 minutes later. When Oral Presentations this time is up, allow 2 additional minutes for questions relat- Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time of ing to the paper, thank the speaker and promptly introduce your talk. Contributed papers are allocated 12 minutes each — the next paper and speaker. 10 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for questions from the audience, unless otherwise specified. Invited papers are Invited papers - set timer for 25 minutes for initial warning, allocated 36 minutes — 30 minutes for presentation and 6 and the final bell to ring 5 minutes later. Then set the timer for minutes for questions from the audience. 6 additional minutes for questions from the audience. Note: Occasionally (and unfortunately) the chair for a ses- Explain the timing system to the audience prior to the start sion may not appear, in which case we ask that the first pre- of the session, and as often during the session as you think senter serve as chair of the session. necessary. • The By-Laws of the Society request that speakers be asked Poster Presentations to stop when their allotted time is up in a courteous but firm If you are presenting a poster, please be sure to have your manner. Keep in mind that the session must end on time, and poster up beginning at 10:00 am on the day of your poster that the last speaker has just as much right to an audience as presentation to which you have been assigned, and taken does the first speaker. down immediately at the end of the day. You must be on hand at the beginning of the poster session (see Epitome for • Should a speaker fail to appear, you must wait 12 minutes times). APS will not be responsible for posters left up after before going on to the next speaker. At the end of the session, the end of each poster session. No A-V is allowed in the post- call again for the regularly scheduled paper, if time allows. er sessions. Posters will be on display between the hours of 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday, Tuesday; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, • When two or more papers are submitted by an author, Wednesday. Consult the Poster Session Schedule for exact only one of these will be assigned a scheduled presentation times and a breakdown of poster topics. time within that session. It is assumed that the first author listed in the abstract is the person who will present the paper at 24 PROGRAM FORMAT

the meeting. A second abstract submitted by the same author Policy and Guidelines on Use of LCD Projectors is automatically assigned to a poster. The responsibility for a smooth, technically trouble-free presentation ultimately rests with the presenter. Speakers • If any problems arise that you are unable to handle rela- who plan to use LCDs must do the following: tive to successfully chairing the session, please inform the A-V tech in the room, or go immediately to the APS registration • Bring your own laptop computer, power cord, and any desk to alert APS staff. proprietary cords required for your computer. Do not bring your own projector to the meeting. NOTE: APS is not respon- General A-V Policy sible for the security of personal laptop computers. In keeping with our legally binding contract with our A-V vendor, speakers are not permitted to bring their own projec- • Visit the Speaker-Ready room located in Room 330 to run tion equipment for use at the meeting. through the presentation to ensure a smooth and technically trouble-free talk. Testing your presentation in the Speaker- Standard A-V in All Sessions Ready room prior to your presentation is strongly recom- The standard A-V package consists of an LCD projector, mended to minimize equipment compatibility difficulties. Re- overhead projector, screen, laser pointer and 2 lapel micro- member that time used to set up equipment reduces the time phones – one for the chair and one for the speakers. Any addi- you have to make your presentation. tional A-V equipment must be rented by the speaker directly through APS’s designated A-V provider located in Rooms 331- • Bring a back-up vu-graph presentation in case there are 332. The speaker is responsible for the cost of renting any ad- set-up difficulties with the LCD equipment ditional equipment.

MARCH Meeting 2009 EXHIBITors & SHOW GUIDE

APS Exhibit hours Monday, March 16...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday, March 17...... 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 18...... 9:00 am – 4:00 pm The following is a list of exhibitors participating in the March Meeting 2009. Please take time during the meeting to visit the exhibits. You must wear your badge to be admitted to the exhibits.

Exhibitors Advanced Research Systems, Inc. HTS-110 PNAS Agilent Technologies ICEoxford® Princeton Scientific Corp AJA International, Inc. IET/Inspec Princeton University Press Ambios Technology, Inc. IOP Publishing Quantum Design American Institute of Physics J microTechnology, Inc. Radiant Technologies American Magnetics, Inc. J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. Raith USA, Inc. American Physical Society Janis Research Company, Inc. RHK Technology, Inc. Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation Kepco Inc. Rigaku Americas Corporation Andeen-Hagerling, Inc. Kimball Physics, Inc. Royal Society Publishing Angstrom Sciences, Inc. Kurt J. Lesker Co. RSC Publishing Anter Corporation Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. Science/AAAS AR RF Microwave Instrumentation MacKichan Software Scientific Magnetics Ltd. Asylum Research Mad City Labs, Inc. See Co. attocube systems AG Mantis Deposition Signal Recovery Blake Industries, Inc. Materials Research Society SPECS GmbH Bruker Axs Inc. MDC Vacuum Products, LLC Springer Bruker BioSpin Corporation, EPR Division NanoAndMore USA, Inc. Staib Instruments, Inc. Cambridge University Press Nanomagnetics Instruments Stanford Research Systems Center for Nanoscale Science & Nanonics Imaging Ltd STAR Cyroelectronics Technology (NIST) National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Taylor & Francis Group LLC - CRC Press COAX, Co. Ltd. National Instruments Teachspin, Inc. Cold Edge Technologies, Inc. National Research Council of the National Tegam, Inc. Computing in Science & Engineering Academies TeraGrid/University of Chicago (CiSE) Nature Publishing Group The Johns Hopkins University Press Cryo Industries of America, Inc. NaugaNeedles The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) Cryogenic Control Systems, Inc. NMR Technologies, Inc. Travel Portland Cryogenic Ltd. Nor-Cal Products, Inc. Tydex TSCo Cryomagnetics, Inc. nPoint, Inc. University of Pittsburgh Department of Cryomech, Inc. Ocean Optics Physics & Astronomy DCA Instruments Office of Naval Research Ushio America, Inc. Dryogenic Omicron Nanotechnology USA Veeco Instruments Dynaflow, Inc. OriginLab Corporation VG Scienta, Inc. Easylab Technologies LTD Oxford Applied Research WebAssign Electro Optical Components Oxford Instruments Wiley-Blackwell Elsevier Oxford University Press Witec Instruments Corp. FEMTO Messtechnik GmbH PA&E Pacific Aerospace & Electronics Wolfram Research GMW Associates Park Systems, Inc. World Scientific Publishing Company High Precision Devices, Inc. PfeifferV acuum WVNano Initiative/WVU HORIBA Scientific Physics Today Wyatt Technology Corporation 26 SHOW GUIDE 2009

Advanced Research Systems, Inc...... #300,302 American Physical Society ...... #403,405 www.arscryo.com www.aps.org ARS manufactures integrated Pneumatically Driven CCR and Helitran The American Physical Society is the publisher of the world’s most Cryostats for material characterization. Cryostats are available for optical prestigious and widely-read physics research publications: Physical Review, and non-optical (transport, XRD, Neutron Scattering, UHV) applications. Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, PR-Special Topics- The ARS (CCR) Cryocoolers have been redesigned for a temperature range Accelerators and Beams, PR-Special Topics-Physics Education Research, PR of sub 1.5 to 300K or 3 to 800K. With the lowest vibrations at the sample, Focus, PROLA, and Physics. Physics is a new, free online publication from APS it is the cryocooler of choice for laboratory cryogenic applications such as that features expert commentaries on selected papers in Physical Review Mossbauer, Optical and Microscopy setups. ARS is introducing a new probe and Physical Review Letters. station with up to 6 arms and 2 accessory ports, with a temperature range of 5 to 350K, sub micron vibration levels, and accommodates up to a 2 inch Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation ...... #628 wafer. Also being introduced is the low cost 77K closed cycle cryostat for www.amuneal.com optical and non-optical experiments. Amuneal Manufacturing Corporation designs and fabricates custom magnetic shield components and assemblies for both room temperature Agilent Technologies ...... #100 and cryogenic applications, and is a world leader in providing cost-effective www.agilent.com shielding solutions to the applied physics community. From design and Agilent Technologies offers a wide range of high precision Atomic Force attenuation calculations to 3D modeling, we work with you to provide the Microscope systems to meet your unique research needs. Agilent’s industry- best shield for your specific application. All Amuneal fabricated magnetic leading environmental/temperature options and fluid handling enable shields are hydrogen annealed in our in-house heat treat center for superior control for materials & life sciences applications. Agilent will maximum shielding properties. introduce the 5600 large stage AFM with Scanning Microwave Microscopy (SMM), the exclusive mode for high spatial resolution of electromagnetic Andeen-Hagerling, Inc...... #222 properties. www.andeen-hagerling.com Andeen-Hagerling (AH) manufactures the world’s most precise capacitance/ AJA International, Inc...... #201 loss bridges and capacitance standards. AH bridges are fully automatic and www.ajaint.com resolve sub-attofarad measurements. Loss (dissipation factor) is measured Sputtering and E-beam Systems for R&D and Pilot Production; Static and down to 1.5x10-8 tan delta. Capacitance standards are available from 0.1pF Rotating Magnetron Sputter Sources for HV and UHV; Substrate Holders to 100+pF. Standards have a temperature coefficient of .01ppm/C, stability of with Rotation, RF Biasing, Heating and Cooling; Sputter Targets / Deposition 0.3ppm/year, and are NIST traceable to 2ppm accuracy. Materials; Microwave, RF and DC Power Supplies; Microwave Components and Plasma Sources; RF/ Ion/Plasma Sources. Angstrom Sciences, Inc...... #431 www.angstromsciences.com Ambios Technology Inc ...... #430 Our mission is to help our customers create the most productive and www.ambiostech.com cost-effective thin-film applications possible - by delivering the world’s Ambios Technology, Inc. provides world class high resolution surface most advanced magnetrons, a full range of deposition materials, and a measurement and visualization systems to academic and industrial research comprehensive program of technical support. customers across the globe. In addition to surface profilometers, the company manufactures scanning white light interferometers and (AFM/SPM) Anter Corporation ...... #330 scanning probe microscopes. www.anter.com Anter is a manufacturer of thermophysical properties measuring equipment. American Institute of Physics ...... #408,410 Products include thermal conductivity meters, dilatometers for thermal www.aip.org expansion(CTE) and sintering studies, and thermal diffusivity/specific heat AIP offers an open-access publishing option, Author Select, to contributors capacity by laser flash method from -180 to 2800C for metals, ceramics, to any AIP journal. RSS feeds are available for AIP journal content by topic composites, polymers, carbon/graphite, nanomaterials, thermal interface and for the journal’s full content. Purchase an AIP Article Pack; prepay for a materials, insulation, coatings, films, liquids, pastes, powders, etc. Testing set number of articles from AIP journals for as low as $2.50 per article. services available. ISO9001:2000 Certified.

American Magnetics Inc...... #613 AR RF Microwave Instrumentation ...... #623 www.americanmagnetics.com www.ar-worldwide.com AMI offers liquid helium cooled and cryogen free superconducting magnet AR RF/Microwave Instrumentation will be exhibiting its new broadband systems for a wide range of applications. These systems are offered with amplifier, model 800A3 (800 watts, 10kHz to 3MHz), for applications that sample inserts going down to a few mK using He3 cryostats or dilution require high voltage and high impedance. The 800A3 drives loads without refrigerators. Different types of SPM probes are also available for use with mismatch by a switchable impedance matching output transformer that our standard magnet systems. AMI also works with industry partners to can be set to 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 400 ohms. If higher impedance produce cryogen free dilution refrigerators for our MAxes (multi-axis) is required, an external matching transformer is available. For higher power magnets. Near zero loss liquid helium Dewars are also available for use requirements, model 1500A3 provides 1500 watts and the model 5000A3 with our magnet systems. These use 4K pulse-tube or GM cryocoolers to provides 5000 watts of power over the same frequency range. recondense helium back into the Dewar, thereby facilitating use of existing magnets and sample inserts. AMI also offers custom cryogen free magnets to fit compact goniometers. 27 SHOW GUIDE 2009

Asylum Research ...... #509,511 COAX, Co. Ltd...... #230 www.AsylumResearch.com www.coax.co.jp The AFM/SPM technology leader introduces the Cypher™ AFM, the first new Coax is worldwide supplier of semi-rigid coaxial cables in Japan, offering small sample AFM in over a decade. Cypher is the world’s highest resolution unique cables using various materials like Nb, NbTi, CuNi, SUS, BeCu, Brass AFM, combining the accuracy and control of closed loop with the power of etc. diameter 0.33mm to 9.62mm. These are good solution for cryogenic, atomic resolution for the most accurate images and measurements possible non-magnetic, vacuum and superconducting requirements. SMA, SSMA, K, today. Included are SpotOn™ automated laser alignment, high-speed AC MMCX and other types of connectors are available. imaging with cantilevers smaller than 10um, integrated acoustic/vibration isolation, and thermal control for image and measurement stability. Asylum’s Cold Edge Technologies, Inc...... #535 MFP-3D family of AFMs will also be exhibited, including the MFP-3D-BIO, www.coldedgetech.com SA (Stand Alone), and CF (confocal) will also be exhibited. The MFP-3D Provides <4K to 800K temperature range cryostats for materials research, family offers compatibility with commercial inverted optical and confocal spectroscopy, superconductor studies, UHV, device testing, astronomy, microscopes for large and small samples, sample viewing from both top and cryogenic detector cooling, magnetic properties, chemistry, bio, electrical bottom, and long-range and low-noise force measurements. Asylum’s award- experiments and many other applications. Liquid Helium free closed winning quantitative MFP NanoIndenter is also featured cycle systems with sample in vacuum or cold vapor available. Interface customization is our specialty - send us your sketch. attocube systems AG ...... #635,633 www.attocube.com Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE) ...... #406 attocube systems AG manufactures and distributes a complete line of www.cise.aip.org easy-to-use scanning probe microscopes and nanopositioning systems CiSE is the magazine of computational tools and methods. Published for temperatures in the range from 300 K down to 10 mK! The innovative bimonthly by AIP, it’s written for those at the intersection of science, nanopositioners are also compatible with ultra high vacuum environments engineering, computing, and mathematics. The magazine is peer-reviewed. as well as high magnetic fields up to 31 Tesla. Subscriptions are $47/year for APS and DCOMP members. Stop by for free back issues, t-shirts, CDs and pens! Blake Industries, Inc...... #224 Blake Industries is a leader in supplying high precision x-ray and neutron Cryo Industries of America, Inc...... #328 instrumentation to research labs, university and synchrotron beam lines www.cryoindustries.com worldwide. We are the exclusive distributors for Huber instruments in the Liquid helium shortage - 2.5 years intensive research produces improved U.S., Mexico and Canada with multiple installations at all the North American efficiency! CRYO invents new insulating technique (XE technology) that Synchrotrons and have been supplying x-ray users for over 40 years. provides breakthrough efficiencies. Dstat storage dewar mount 0.020 l/hr, Bruker AXS, Inc...... #209 VTI Dewars 0.025 l/hr, XE microscopy 40% less LHe consumption, helium/ nitrogen Liquefiers, Computerized Automatic Temperature System (CATS), www.bruker-axs.com cryogen free 1.5K continuous! Bruker AXS provides Advanced X-ray Solutions for chemistry, life and material sciences. A wide range of single module CCD systems is available in the Cryogenic Control Systems, Inc...... #207 PLATINUM series of detectors which feature the newest 4K CCD chip, with www.cryocon.com lower noise, faster readout and highest sensitivity. Nanotechnology research Manufacturers of precision electronic instrumentation for both laboratory systems include a range of powder diffraction and single crystal solutions. and industrial process control applications. Cryo-con offers a full line of Bruker BioSpin Corporation, EPR Division ...... #211 cryogenic temperature controllers, monitors, cryogenic accessories and temperature sensors. On display will be our newest addition to our controller www.bruker-biospin.com line, the Model 24, four channel temperature controller, plus substantial Bruker highlights spin counting without a standard reference sample. The upgrades to our line of temperature controllers. Stop by booth # 207 and new Xenon EPR software coupled with new hardware make it work. Also demo our products. featured are the EMXmicro and EMXplus series for routine measurements. The Elexsys series provide the ultimate in CW, Pulse-EPR, DEER, High- Cryogenic Ltd...... #625 Frequency, and ENDOR instrumentation. www.cryogenic.co.uk Cambridge University Press ...... #715,717 Cryogenic Ltd leads the market in high field superconducting magnet technology, providing measurement systems with up to 25 Tesla in www.cambridge.org/us Cryogen Free or liquid helium cooled environment. The measurement Cambridge University Press publishes high-quality textbooks and platforms allow for the study of electrical, magnetic or thermal properties of monographs by world-class authors in condensed matter physics. Recent material. Including the Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, AC Susceptibility, titles on display include: Sander’s Advanced Condensed Matter Physics; specific heat, Seebeck effect, Hall Effect and Resistivity, He-3 inserts, DR Pethick & Smith’s Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases (2nd edition); for temperatures down to 10mK, NMR/ESR measurements and SQUID Di Ventra’s Electrical Transport in Nanoscale Systems; El-Batanouny & Magnetometers. Wooten’s Symmetry and Condensed Matter Physics. Cryomagnetics, Inc...... #529 Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology (NIST) ...... #704 www.cryomagnetics.com www.nist.gov Cryomagnetics offers a complete superconducting magnet system, The CNST NanoFab provides researchers advanced nanofabrication and related electronic instrumentation, and cryogenic accessory line. With the measurement instrumentation on a shared-use, cost-reimbursable basis. It recent acquisition of Cryoconcept, we can now offer dilution refrigerators is accessible through a straightforward and timely application process. The and other ultra-low temperature inserts. Our compact C-Mag cryogen- NanoFab efficiently, effectively, and economically provides users access to free superconducting magnet systems are available in optical or room state of the art equipment along with expert training and assistance. Just call temperature bore configurations. C-Mag systems are also available with 301-974-4529. variable temperature and dilution inserts. Cryomagnetics is committed to staying at the forefront of superconducting magnet technology and welcomes the opportunity to discuss your requirements. 28 SHOW GUIDE 2009

Cryomech Inc...... #433,435 GMW Associates ...... #229 www.cryomech.com www.gmw.com Cryomech Inc manufactures Gifford McMahon and Pulse tube style Fluxgate, Hall effect and NMR Magnetic Field Measurement Instrumentation cryorefrigerators that are capable of temperatures from 2.8K to 100K in covering fields from 1nT to 20T. Magnetic Current Transducers for various capacities. We are introducing the Cryomech Liquid Helium Plant isolated, non-contact electric current measurement from 10µA to which can produce more than 12 liters of liquid helium a day. Our portable 25kA with frequencies from dc to 500MHz. Permanent, Resistive and Liquid Nitrogen Plants are capable of producing liquid nitrogen directly from HTC Superconducting Magnet Systems with fields to 7T for thin-film the air in most locations around the world measurements, materials development, biological studies, magnetic sensor test and calibration, magneto-optics and magnetic processing. DCA Instruments ...... #432 www.dca.fi High Precision Devices, Inc...... #231 Designs and manufactures a wide range of UHV deposition systems and www.hpd.online.com components. The products include MBE, UHV sputtering, PLD and UHV High Precision Devices (HPD) will be exhibiting the popular Model 102 cluster tools. These DCA deposition systems are suitable for deposition of Denali Pulse Tube/ADR cryostat and introducing the new Model 103 Rainier thin films of semiconductors, magnetics, oxides, metals under UHV Pulse Tube/ADR cryostat. Both of these cryostats incorporate Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerators (ADR) producing PT stage temperatures of Dryogenic ...... #200,202 45K and 3K and ADR stage temperatures of 900mK and 45mK. www.dryogenic.com Dryogenic is the only company in the world selling 100% cryogen-free, HORIBA Scientific ...... #121 integrated low-temperature physical property measurement instruments. www.horiba.com The DMS-1000 measures electrical, magneto & thermometric properties at 100mk/14T - without any liquid Helium! HTS-110 ...... #528 www.hts-110.com Dynaflow, Inc...... #304 HTS-110 is a leading company in the development of magnetic solutions Presenting the ABS ACOUSTIC BUBBLE SPECTROMETER®© and software utilizing high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire. HTS-110’s magnets products. The ABS is an acoustics based instrument that measures bubble range from 1 tesla up to 16 tesla; key products include: Cryogen-free NMR size distributions and void fractions in liquids. 3DYNAFS© allows simulation systems from 100-400Mhz, for on- and off-line material analysis; Optical of nonlinear free surface problems such as bubble dynamics, underwater analysis magnets for surface analysis and characterization; Experimental explosion, ship wave hydrodynamics, and fluid structure interactions. instruments for synchrotron and neutron beamlines; Current Leads for LTS applications, rated from 100A to 10kA+ Easylab Technologies LTD ...... #607 www.easylab.co.uk ICEoxford® ...... #235 easyLab: the de facto provider of instruments that enable science under www.iceoxford.com pressure. easyLab design, develop, manufacture, supply and support Offering standard and tailor-made superconducting and cryogenic scientific equipment that extend the boundaries of experimental science solutions. We design and manufacture cryogenic systems from liquid into the extreme condition of high pressures. Our products include diamond nitrogen temperatures down to <7 mK in liquid Helium cooled and cryogen anvil and clamp cells, EDM micro-drillers, photoluminescence and Raman free configurations. We will be exhibiting our standard dilution unit system spectrometers for DACs and more. and various 3He system inserts through our collaboration with Scientific Magnetics. Whether you require a simple a bath cryostat or a system with Electro Optical Components...... #610 new or unusual features, you should be talking to us. www.eoc-inc.com Electro Optical Components (EOC) provides technologically advanced IET/Inspec ...... #731 components for laser and optoelectronic systems from the UV to the far IR. www.theiet.org Our products include FEMTO signal recovery amplifiers and photoreceivers; Inspec, produced by the IET, is the leading English-language database with thermopile, UV and diamond detectors and arrays; IR and visible laser diodes over 10 million records containing abstracts and subject indexing from 1969 and modules; optics and coatings (including CO2); interference IR filters. covering the fields of physics, electrical engineering & electronics, computers & control, information technology, manufacturing & production engineering Elsevier...... #719,721 and more . The Inspec Archive (1898-1968) is also available. www.elsevier.com Elsevier is passionate about publishing trusted, leading-edge STM IOP Publishing ...... #705,707 information pushing the frontiers and fuelling a continuous cycle of www.journals.iop.com exploration, discovery and progress. Please visit our stand and request more IOP Publishing is a not-for-profit, learned society publisher and world leader information on publishing your next article with an Elsevier journal in scientific publishing and the electronic dissemination of peer-reviewed research. Stop by for a personal demonstration of IOPscience, our innovative FEMTO Messtechnik GmbH ...... #610 new journals platform, and join us in celebrating the 20th Anniversary of www.femto.de Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. FEMTO manufactures sophisticated tools for signal recovery. These include ultra low noise and high speed current amplifiers, low frequency, wideband J microTechnology, Inc...... #129 and high speed voltage amplifiers, low noise and high speed photoreceivers www.jmicrotechnology.com and low noise lock-in amplifier modules and boards. Supplier of probing equipment and accessories for applied physics research and product development. Products include micro probe stations, positioners, microwave/low noise/shielded/kelvin/ probes, optics, camera systems and thermally controlled shielded device holders (chucks). Products are used by universities and industry/government worldwide. 29 SHOW GUIDE 2009

J.A. Woollam Co., Inc...... #606 Mad City Labs, Inc...... #502,504 www.jawoollam.com www.madcitylabs.com Offers a wide range of spectroscopic ellipsometers for nondestructive We design and manufacture innovative precision nanopositioning systems. materials characterization, including thin film thickness (single and The proprietary PicoQ sensing technology incorporated into all piezo based multilayer), optical constants, composition, growth/etch rates, and more. nanopositioner designs provides usable resolution down into the picometer Instruments available for research and manufacturing metrology covering range. Applications for nanopositioners include AFM, NSOM, SPM, fiber spectral ranges from vacuum ultra-violet to far infrared. Offering table-top, positioning, interferometry, single molecule spectroscopy, imaging and in-line, and in-situ models. nanolithography. NEW! Introducing the Nano-SP30 for nano-manipulation applications and the Nano-HS Series for high speed, picometer precision Janis Research Company, Inc...... #505 movement. www.janis.com Recipient of NASA achievement awards (1996 & 2000), R&D-100 award Mantis Deposition ...... #102 (1998), offers a complete line of standard and customized cryogenic systems. www.mantisdeposition.com These include dilution refrigerators (10mK), ADRs (50mK), He-3 & He-4 Mantis Deposition provides high quality deposition components and superconducting magnet systems (0.3K & 6-17T), cryocoolers (3K 800K), VT systems for the thin-film coating community. Our products are designed cryostats (2K 800K), noble gas cold traps, micromanipulated probe stations, for all cutting-edge materials research (MBE, Surface Science, PVD, and more. nanocoatings...) and pre-production coating applications.

Kepco Inc...... #228 Materials Research Society ...... #709 www.kepcopower.com www.mrs.org Manufactures programmable DC power supplies with one, two or four The Materials Research Society (MRS), renowned for its Spring and Fall quadrant (BOP) outputs. The latter are ideal for inductive loads such as beam Meetings, now offers its members FREE unlimited online access to both correcting magnet applications. Bench top and OEM switch mode power the MRS Bulletin and the MRS Online Proceedings Library over 25,000 supplies are also offered. proceedings papers covering a wide range of materials topics, from nano- and biomaterials, to semiconductors, organic materials, surfaces/interfaces/ Kimball Physics, Inc...... #604 thin films, energy, and more. Visit www.mrs.org/benefits for details. www.kimballphysics.com Electron Guns and Ion Guns: Energies up to 100keV. Applications: Surface, MDC Vacuum Products, LLC ...... #534 Vacuum, Space, and Plasma Physics, Neutralization, Cathodoluminescence, www.mdcvacuum.com Semiconductor processing, FEL, RHEED, ESD, Custom. Features: Modular MDC Vacuum Products, LLC stocks thousands of off-the-shelf components optics, Compact fiber-optic control, La for high and ultra-high vacuum applications. Our product line consists of flanges, fittings, valves, roughing hardware, vacuum gauge tubes, single Kurt J. Lesker Co...... #210 crystal sapphire and fused silica viewports, electrical and fluid feedthroughs, www.lesker.com motion and manipulation instruments, thin film electron-beam evaporation Deposition systems and components for all vacuum applications, including: systems and surface science chambers. sputtering, e-beam evaporation, organics, and atomic layer deposition (ALD). Manufacturer/distributor of: vacuum chambers; subassemblies; standard and NanoAndMore USA, Inc...... #627,629 custom vacuum hardware; feedthroughs, vacuum pumps. Manufacturers www.nanoandmore.com of next generation ferroelectric memory materials and N-type and P-type Sales of NANOSENSORS, NanoWorld and BudgetSensors AFM probes and transparent conductive oxides as sputter targets and evaporation pellets. accessories into North & South America. Digital Holographic Microscope, reflection and transmission mode, from Lyncee tec - produces real time 3D Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc...... #402,404 imaging with a capture rate up to 20MHz. NanoSight NanoParticle Size Analyzers www.lakeshore.com - Reports total distribution of all particles in solution from 10nm to 1000nm. With over 40 years of experience, Lake Shore offers the most comprehensive line of cryogenic measurement instrumentation and sensors. Temperatures Nanomagnetics Instruments ...... #104 down to 10 mK can be measured and controlled with our controllers, www.nanomagnetics-inst.com monitors, transmitters, and AC resistance bridge. Temperature sensors A leading expert in Scanning Hall Microscopy. LT-SHPM can give a resolution include Cernox, platinum, germanium, and ruthenium oxide resistive up to 50 nm and a magnetic resolution of 6 nT/√Hz @4K; Hz at 4K, which sensors, as well as silicon and GaAlAs diodes, and thermocouple wire. Other provides fast, quantitative and totally non-invasive data. Our mK-SPM is products include VSM systems, Hall effect measurement systems, cryogenic operational at mK-300K range and is compatible with most cryostat systems. probe stations, a superconducting magnet power supply, a full line of PPMS®-SPM is designed to operate with Quantum Design PPMS. We can also magnetic measurement instrumentation, Hall probes and field sensors, produce SPMs for any kind of cryostat. RT-SHPM is designed for ambient Helmholtz coils, electromagnets, and electromagnet power supplies. Our conditions. All can also operate as AFM, MFM or STM and can give real-time knowledgeable staff will be on hand to discuss your research requirements. SHPM scans. Our user friendly Multimode AFM can also operate as STM and MFM as well as all modes of AFM. MacKichan Software ...... #507 www.mackichan.com Nanonics Imaging Ltd ...... #531 Scientific WorkPlace 5.5 simplifies writing, sharing, and doing mathematics. www.nanonics.co.il A click of a button allows you to typeset in LaTeX. The integrated computer Ultimate resolution AFM/NSOM/SPM systems including the first multiple algebra system lets you solve and plot equations; animate 2D and 3D plots; probe SPM system. Hallmarked by free optical and electron/ion beam axis rotate, move, and fly through 3D plots; create 3D implicit plots; and more. integrated systems with confocal, microRaman, SEM’s, FIB’s, 10°K operation. Exposed AFM probes/tips allowing multiprobe operation and surpassing nanotube profiling with deep trench/sidewall capabilities, nanowire glass insulated electrical probes, Nanoheater thermal conductivity, gas/liquid nanochemical deposition. 30 SHOW GUIDE 2009

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ...... #119 nPoint, Inc...... #530 www.magnet.fsu.edu www.npoint.com Unique facilities for research in magnetic fields to 45T (steady), 60T (100 nPoint, Inc. manufactures ultra-precision motion and control devices for milliseconds), 70T (20 milliseconds) and 200T (microseconds) at no charge nano-scale research and manufacturing. Our products include a series of to qualified users. Research projects, visiting scientist program, magnets. nanopositioning systems that consist of stages and control electronics. The Instrumentation for optics, magnetism, NMR, thermal properties, transport, positioning products enable rapid, precise, and repeatable motion and are low temperatures, high pressures, ultrahigh B/T. used in a wide range of applications including aerospace, semiconductor industries and life sciences. National Instruments ...... #234 www.ni.com Ocean Optics ...... #609 National Instruments products empower researchers in diverse areas www.oceanoptics.com of physics to solve measurement and automation problems. LabVIEW Ocean Optics is a diversified photonics technology firm and a global leader combined with high-speed digitizers, waveform generators, power supplies, in optical sensing. With full-service locations in the United States, Europe and image processing devices can be used to build flexible and scalable Asia, we serve a wide range of markets, including process control, consumer solutions for table-top to large experiments. For NI products and academic electronics and medical diagnostics. discounts, visit www.ni.com. Office of Naval Research ...... #103,105 National Research Council of the National Academies ...... #713 www.onr.navy.mil/ www.national-adcademies.org/rap The Office of Naval Research (ONR) coordinates, executes, and promotes The National Research Council of the National Academies offers awards for the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine independent postdoctoral and senior scientific research in all disciplines Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit related to physics to be conducted at participating U.S. government and for-profit organizations. It provides technical advice to the Chief of laboratories. Awards include generous stipend, relocation, professional Naval Operations and the Secretary of the Navy and works with industry travel and health insurance. Deadline dates and application instructions are to improve technology manufacturing processes. ONR plays a critical role at www.national-academies.org/rap. in advancing scientific knowledge to support the generation of naval technology with a vision focused on future capabilities, hedging against the Nature Publishing Group ...... #706 uncertainty of warfare. www.nature.com Nature Publishing Group brings leading scientific and medical research Omicron Nanotechnology USA ...... #329 to your desk top. The NPG portfolio combines the continued excellence www.omicron-instruments.com of Nature and its associated research and review journals, over 42 leading OMICRON NanoTechnology is the premier supplier of UHV systems and academic and society journals and 8 Nature Clinical Practice journals. Visit instrumentation for research at the nanoscale. We invite you to visit our Stand no: 706 for free sample copies display to view the latest AFM data obtained from our new Low Temperature (<4 K) Atomic Force Microscope. We will also be presenting results from the NaugaNeedles ...... #135 NanoESCA (<650 nm) and NanoSAM (<5 nm) www.nauganeedles.com NaugaNeedles is an advanced SPM probe manufacturing company OriginLab Corporation ...... #204 exclusively licensing its breakthrough nanofabrication technology from the www.originlab.com University of Louisville. Growing individual metallic nanoneedles in various Origin 8 provides data exploration, analysis and graphing capabilities for lengths and diameters at designated locations and orientation, NaugaNeedles scientists and engineers. Create customizable reports using easy-to-use SPM probes have excellent electrical and mechanical properties and have tools for data exploration, statistics, curve fitting, and peak analysis. Organize been used as nano-force sensors (e.g. AFM probes) and nano-bio tools. data and results using the new multi-sheet workbook. Point and click to Nauganeedles collaborates with research groups by extensively modifying customize publication quality 2D, 3D, contour and image graphs. its products and technology for the researchers’ specific applications. NaugaNeedles technology will be an instrumental company in the Oxford Applied Research ...... #434 advancement of nano-instruments and tooling for decades to come. www.oaresearch.co.uk Manufacturer of growth and processing equipment for semiconductor or NMR Technologies, Inc...... #331 thin film research. Products include RF atom sources for high quality oxide/ www.mmr.com nitride growth, a full range of RF and DC broad-beam ion sources for sputter- deposition or ion-beam assisted deposition, mini e-beam evaporators, Nor-Cal Products, Inc...... #125 thermal gas crackers and nanocluster deposition sources and systems www.n-c.com Manufacturer of high vacuum components since 1962. Standard Oxford Instruments ...... #214,216 components: flanges, fittings, viewports, feedthroughs and flexhose; www.oxford-instruments.com isolation and pressure control valves; thermal products; molecular sieve, Oxford Instruments NanoScience is a leading manufacturer of scientific particulate and cold traps; thin film components; pressure gauges and equipment supplying ultra low temperature and high magnetic field manipulators. Custom components: chambers, traps, manifolds, collars and sample environments for physics, chemistry and materials science research baseplates from customer specifications. 3D Model Library available on-line. applications. The product range includes dilution refrigerators, 3He inserts, ISO 9000-2001 registered superconducting magnets, optical and spectroscopy cryostats and an increasing range of Cryofree® products. 31 SHOW GUIDE 2009

Oxford University Press...... #723,725 Princeton University Press ...... #708 www.oup.com www.pup.princeton.edu Visit OUP at the March APS to view our new titles including Aranson, Princeton books lead the way in contemporary science. Explore Earth’s future Tsimring: ‘Granular Patterns’, V. Agranovich: ‘Excitations in Organic Solids’, W.T. climate with David Archer’s The Long Thaw; probe physics’ big questions Grandy: ‘Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems’, Garrison, in Sébastien Balibar’s The Atom and the Apple; and relish Robert Park’s Chiao: ‘Quantum Optics’, W. Gotze: ‘Complex Dynamics of Glass Forming provocative discussion in Superstition. New to our textbook list is also Gerald Liquids’, Mezard, Montanari: ‘Information, Physics, and Computation’. Mahan’s Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell.

PA&E Pacific Aerospace & Electronics ...... #532 Quantum Design ...... #218,220 www.pacaero.com ww.qdusa.com PA&E Bonded Metals provides explosively bonded metals. Our dissimilar A leading manufacturer of fully automated material characterization systems metal transitions are utilized in space applications, UHV applications, the for physics, chemistry, and industrial research including the ultra-sensitive semiconductor industry, US Naval Warships, and pressure vessels. A large Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS) SQUID magnetometer range of alloys can be bonded, such as steel, stainless steel, copper alloys, and the Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) -designed for nickel alloys, titanium, zirconium, tantalum, aluminum and many others. measurements from 50 mK-1,000 K and magnet fields to 16 T. Turnkey measurements include magnetometry (VSM, AC, Torque), electrical transport Park Systems, Inc...... #205 (AC, DC, Hall effect), heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and thermopower. www.parkafm.com Now available: 50 mK valveless Dilution Refrigerator System and PPMS NitroLab The XE-70 is the newest addition to its award winning “Cross-talk Elimination” - operating from 77 K -1000 K with fields of up to 1 T using liquid nitrogen. (XE) series of AFM/SPMs. Like its more expensive siblings, XE-70 features decoupled XY and Z scanners to eliminate intrinsic bowing that exists with Radiant Technologies ...... #203 other tube-scanner-based AFM. With True Non-Contact mode imaging, www.ferrodevices.com 1-micron resolution on-axis optical viewing, flexible sample handling Radiant’s Precision materials testers are designed unlike any other test and other innovative technologies provide the winning combination of instruments in the world. They can characterize the individual material affordability and advanced SPM technology to the researchers. properties of dielectric response, remanent polarization, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and electrical leakage with no configuration change. We have PfeifferV acuum ...... #335 also just introduced a unique educational tool for science and engineering www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com education. The EDU is a fully functional test instrument for the non-linear Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading supplier of vacuum products to Applied electroceramics like those used for industrial sensors and actuators. Physics Laboratories and Institutions will be highlighting its new HiPace turbomolecular pumps and innovative PentaLine roughing pumps. Vacuum Raith USA, Inc...... #307 gauges and mass spectrometers will also be displayed. Whether you are www.raithusa.com creating or measuring ultra-high vacuum, Pfeiffer offers you the most We supply and support lithography solutions for the world’s leading reliable, complete and cost effective solution. nanotechnology facilities. The Raith catalog includes lithography attachments for SEMs or FIBs and complete turnkey systems with full wafer and mask Physics Today Exhibitor Lounge handling capabilities. Our newest products are the ionLiNE Ion Beam www.physicstoday.org Lithography and Raith150TWO Electron Beam Lithography systems. Both Physics Today magazine reaches 125,000 scientists and engineers working models have a full complement of options for nanoengineering research. in the $564 billion physics market. Published by AIP for 10 physics societies, the magazine travels to 30,000 readers outside the USA. Advertisers and RHK Technology, Inc...... #630,632,634 other exhibitors are invited to the Exhibitor Lounge for coffee, sodas, water, www.rhk-tech.com popcorn, internet access, chairs and quiet. Make RHK your choice for integrated surface science at the atomic scale. Our UHV AFM, STM, MultiProbe systems, analytical and surface preparation PNAS ...... #724 instruments, and Controllers are specifically engineered for your advanced www.pnas.org research. RHK delivers best-of-breed customized solutions with the PNAS, is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that performance and product support for a lifetime of experimental success. broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. PNAS publishes cutting-edge research articles, insightful commentaries, and topical special Rigaku Americas Corporation ...... #608 features along with a variety of other thought provoking content. PNAS is www.rigaku.com published weekly in print and daily online. Stop by the PNAS booth to learn Rigaku provides the world’s most complete line of X-ray diffraction and about our direct submission process, pick up one of our many highlights X-ray fluorescence instruments and components, including benchtop collections, and provide any comments about the journal. XRD and XRF systems, X-ray optics and detectors, the Saturn and SCXmini CCD-based single crystal diffractometers for small molecule crystallography, Princeton Scientific Corp ...... #332 the Ultima IV and SmartLab® multi-purpose diffractometers with SAXS and www.princetonscientific.com in-plane capabilities, and the ZSX Primus series of high-powered WDXRF Princeton Scientific Corp. offers optical components, opto-electronic spectrometers with mapping capabilities, in either tube-above or tube- components, high purity metals, metallic single crystals and sputtering below configurations. targets lasers as well as laser rods. III-V and II-VI materials in single or poly crystalline form are also feasible. Products: Optical Components; Opto- Electronic Components; Laser Materiala; Substrates & Bicrystals; III-V Materials; High Purity Materials & Alloys; Metal Single Crystals; Sputtering Targets; Lasers; Wire Saws; Beam Line Diagnostics. 32 SHOW GUIDE 2009

Royal Society Publishing ...... #727 Staib Instruments, Inc...... #306 www.publishing.royalsociety.org www.staibinstruments.com The Royal Society publishes journals covering the whole of the sciences. Designs and manufactures Multi-technique Surface Analysis Chambers Of interest to APS delegates: Proceedings A: publishes the latest research and innovative, high performance, reliable instruments for in-situ material in all aspects of the physical sciences. Philosophical Transactions A: each analysis including: a full range of Electron Guns for analytical surface theme issue is devoted to a specific area of the mathematical, physical and studies (flood, microfocus, general purpose, low energy); RHEED systems engineering sciences. Philosophical Transactions A: each theme issue is (new in CVD, PLD, PVD environments) to study structure and quality of devoted to a specific area of the mathematical, physical and engineering thin films; CMA energy spectrometers (Auger, SAM, XPS, UPS) for analytical sciences. Proceedings A publishes the latest research in all aspects of the surface studies; SEM using our micro-focus guns; Photo-Electron Emission physical sciences. Microscopes (PEEM) for dynamic studies of chemical distributions; Single Flange ESCA packages, X-ray Sources. RSC Publishing ...... #117 www.rsc.org Stanford Research Systems ...... #310,308 RSC Publishing is an internationally acclaimed not-for-profit publisher. Visit www.thinksrs.com booth #117 to collect copies of market-leading journals, including Soft SRS will be exhibiting our full line of scientific test equipment including lock- Matter, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Energy & Environmental in amplifiers, delay generators, laser diode controllers, shutters, preamplifiers Science. Find out about our new journal, launching autumn 2009, and our and much more. top selling book collection, including titles in nanoscience and biophysics. STAR Cyroelectronics ...... #428 Science/AAAS ...... #722 www.starcryo.com www.aaas.org STAR Cryoelectronics offers advanced LTS and HTS dc SQUID sensors, high- The American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, publishes performance PC-based SQUID readout electronics (pcSQUID), the popular SCIENCE and is the world’s largest general scientific society. An international Mr. SQUID Educational Demonstration System, custom LTS and HTS thin-film membership organization, AAAS works to advance science and serve society. fabrication services, custom SQUID systems, TES microcalorimeter and STJ AAAS programs in science policy, international cooperation, and science detectors, and microcalorimeter spectrometers for X-ray microanalysis. education help make the world a better place. Taylor & Francis Group LLC - CRC Press ...... #730,732, 734 Scientific Magnetics Ltd...... #429 www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com www.scientificmagnetics.co.uk Take your research skills to the next level with Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, a Scientific Magnetics manufactures standard and bespoke superconducting leading global publisher of scientific and technical books and journals. Visit our and cryogenic solutions. We design and manufacture magnet systems from booth to browse and receive special discounts on recently published titles such low and high temperature superconductors, in liquid Helium cooled and as Solid State Engineering Physics, Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry cryogen free configurations. We will be exhibiting cryogen free magnet of Materials, Concepts in Quantum Mechanics, and many others. Please inquire systems and, through our partnership with BlurFors Cryogenics Oy, cryogen with press editors if interested in developing a new book project. free low and ultra low temperature experimental inserts. Teachspin, Inc...... #506,508,510 See Co...... #533 www.teachspin.com www.seeco.com TeachSpin, premier provider of advanced and intermediate laboratory apparatus, will be featuring four new instruments. Noise Fundamentals, Signal Recovery ...... #411 Where Noise is the Signal, has never before been shown. Pulsed/cw NMR, www.signalrecovery.com Quantum Analogs and the Torsional Oscillator are now in labs world-wide. Will be exhibiting items from their range of lock-in amplifiers, signal Come play with these and many of our other hands-on experiments. averagers, preamps, and optical choppers. We will be premiering our latest model 7124 precision lock-in that uses an analog fiber optic link to eliminate Tegam, Inc...... #101 digital noise from the experiment. Come by and pick up a free catalog! www.tegam.com Stop by Booth 101 to see our display of high voltage (+/- 200V), wide band SPECS GmbH ...... #611 (2MHz) amplifiers used for beam control and MEMS research. We will also be www.specs.de showing our model 4040A wide band (50MHz) differential input amplifier with SPECS manufactures systems and components for surface analysis, mostly low noise (9nV/vHz) and programmable gain, attenuation, offset and filters. based on electron spectroscopy. In customized systems SPECS integrates facilities for thin film preparation and in-situ XPS, UPS, AES, ISS analysis in TeraGrid/University of Chicago ...... #729 UHV. Main products are the hemispherical energy analyzer PHOIBOS, the www.teragrid.org high resolution LEEM/PEEM-instrument and the high stability STM Aarhus. TeraGrid is an open scientific discovery infrastructure combining leadership class resources at eleven partner sites to create an integrated, persistent Springer ...... #617,619,716,718 computational resource. Using high-performance network connections, the www.springer.com TeraGrid integrates high-performance computers, data resources and tools, Visit Springer to benefit from the conference discount on world-leading and high-end experimental facilities around the country. Currently, TeraGrid books by renowned authors on optics, condensed matter, biophysics, resources include more than 750 teraflops of computing capability and more quantum physics and more! Plus: get a sample copy of any journal on than 30 petabytes of online and archival data storage, with rapid access and display, find out about Free Trial Access and our free Tables of Contents retrieval over high-performance networks. Researchers can also access more e-mail alerts! www.springer.com/physics than 100 discipline-specific databases. With this combination of resources, the TeraGrid is the world’s largest, most comprehensive distributed cyberinfrastructure for open scientific research. 33 SHOW GUIDE 2009

The Johns Hopkins University Press ...... #711 VG Scienta, Inc...... #334 www.press.jhu.edu www.vgscienta.com The Johns Hopkins University Press publishes scholarly and trade titles The new VG Scienta is the world’s premier supplier of vacuum components, in physics, mathematics, and the history of science. Recent titles include surface analysis instruments, and UHV systems to industry, research and Quantum Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider by Don Lincoln; Secrets of the development firms, and the scientific community. VG Scienta remains at Hoary Deep by Riccardo Giacconi, and Float Your Boat: The Science of Sailing the cutting edge of science with over 30 years experience in HV and UHV by Mark Denny. technology.

The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)...... #409 WebAssign ...... #710 http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jps/english/index.html www.webassign.net The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) is an organization of some 20,000 WebAssign, the #1 online homework, quizzing, and testing system has physicists, researchers as well as educators, and engineers. The JPS was questions from all major physics and astronomy textbooks. Or write your founded in 1877 as the first society in natural science in Japan. The JPS own. Easy to use and reliable. The way you imagined teaching could be. Give publishes the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (JPSJ), which is assignable simulations and worked examples with feedback, partial credit devoted to the rapid dissemination of important research results pertaining with conditional weighting, and group assignments. to all fields of physics. Wiley-Blackwell...... #712 Travel Portland ...... #2010 www.wiley.com www.travelportland.com Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing Maybe you’ve heard that the city of Portland, Oregon, has been proclaimed business of John Wiley & Sons, is the world’s leading society publisher and as North America’s “Best Big City,” according to Money magazine. One visit offers peer-reviewed primary research and evidence-based medicine across will explain why. Come take a first-hand look at the region’s natural beauty, thousands of online journals, books, reference works and databases. our bustling local scene, seasonally focused dining and our welcoming accommodations - much of which can be accessed via the convenient light- Witec Instruments Corp...... #631 rail system - Portland awaits you in 2010. www.witec-instruments.com WITec is a manufacturer of high resolution optical and scanning probe Tydex TSCo ...... #115 microscopy solutions for scientific and industrial applications. A modular www.tydex.ru product line allows the combination of different microscopy techniques Tydex produces custom-made optical components for research and such as Raman, NSOM or AFM in one single instrument for flexible analyses industry: passive optics for CO2-, YAG- and other lasers (from 193nm to of optical, chemical and structural properties of a sample. 12microns); optics for spectroscopy, including FTIR; optics for pyrometry and thermography; optics for THz; astrooptics; components for DUV- Wolfram Research ...... #303,305 photolithography. www.wolfram.com Wolfram Research is the world’s leading developer of computational University of Pittsburgh Dept of Physics & Astronomy ...... #131 software for science and technology, offering organization-wide computing www.phyast.pitt.edu solutions. Led by Mathematica, Wolfram’s flagship product, the company’s The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh software is relied on today by several million enthusiastic users around the has established research programs in the areas of astrophysics/cosmology, world and has been the recipient of many industry awards. Visit http://www. particle physics and condensed matter physics, and is in the process of wolfram.com for more information. developing its biological physics, nanoscience, and physics education research programs. We also offer a range of academic programs for World Scientific Publishing Company ...... #726 undergraduate and graduate students. www.wspc.com World Scientific is a leading international academic publisher. Along Ushio America, Inc...... #333 with one of its imprints, London-based Imperial College Press, the group www.ushio.com publishes around 400 titles a year and more than 100 journals in various USHIO lighting products include a diverse array of gas discharge and fields such as science, technology, medicine and business. Nearly all titles halogen/incandescent lamps designed to meet the precise needs for many and journals are available electronically through our electronic resource industrial, scientific and medical applications. USHIO halogen, mercury, platform, WorldSciNet.com xenon, ceramic xenon, metal-halide, and EmArc® brand lamps are built to exacting specifications to ensure optimum output and performance in WVNano Initiative/WVU ...... #728 equipment designed for critical processes and procedures www.teragrid.org WVU is the founder and technical lead of the WVNano Initiative, the State of Veeco Instruments ...... #311,309 West Virginia’s focal point for nanoscale science, engineering and education www.veeco.com (NSEE) research, workforce development, and economic development. At WVU, Veeco has high-performance AFMs for every application, lab and budget. WVNano is a cross-cutting faculty driven effort that is the catalyst for campus Our world class AFMs for Physical and Materials Science include new NSEE discovery and innovation, shared resource stewardship, and culture. additions to the Dimension line, the industry’s best-selling, most versatile AFM; the MultiMode, the industry’s highest resolution AFM, as well as the Wyatt Technology Corporation ...... #605 Innova, BioScope and Caliber AFMs. www.veeco.com www.wyatt.com Light Scattering for the Masses! The DAWN family of multi-angle light scattering (MALS) instruments for absolute macromolecular characterization. They determine absolute molecular weights and sizes down to 1 nm for polymers, proteins, nanoparticles and colloids. Also shown: the DynaPro Plate Reader for automated Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) of protein solutions for crystallography and general oligomerization characterization.