Program overview

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 7 NOVEMBER 2003

13:30 HA.001 Neutron Science in the 21st Century: New facilities and Opportunities at ORNL

Stephen Nagler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

14:06 HA.002 Recent Neutron Scattering Results on Correlated Electron Systems

J. W. Lynn (NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8562)

14:42 HA.003 Novel dynamic scaling regime in hole-doped 2-dimensional antiferromagnet La2CuO4

Wei Bao (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

13:30 HB.001 Precisison neutron interferometric measurement of the nd coherent scattering length

W.M. Snow (Indiana University/IUCF), T.C. Black (University of North Carolina at Wilmington), M. Arif, P.R. Huffman, D.L. Jacobson, S.W. Werner (National Institute of Standards and Technology), H. Kaiser, K. Schoen (University of Missouri at Columbia), S. Lamoreaux (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Neutrons R Us Collaboration

13:42 HB.002 Studies of Plant Physiology Using Accelerator-Produced ^11CO_2

A.S. Crowell, C.R. Howell, M.R. Kiser (Duke University Physics Department and TUNL), C.D. Reid (Duke University Biology Department)

13:54 HB.003 Use of Optical Coupling and Glass Spacers in Position Sensitive Scintillation Detectors

Julie T. Cella, Eric L. Bradley, Margaret S. Saha, Kevin J. Smith, Robert E. Welsh (College of William and Mary)

14:06 HB.004 A Ring Imaging \v Cerenkov Detector with Wavelength Shifter Readout -- The Poor Man's RICH Concept

Carlos Vega, Joerg Reinhold (Florida International University)

14:18 HB.005 Initial Current Measurements from the Samford Electron Accelerator Laboratory

Perry A. Tompkins, Mark T. Maxwell (Samford University), Jonathan D. Jarvis (Vanderbilt University)

14:30 HB.006 Comparison of CsI(Tl) and NaI(Tl) Pixel Scintillators

Kevin J. Smith, Eric L. Bradley, Julie T. Cella, Margaret S. Saha, Robert E. Welsh (College of William and Mary), Physics Collaboration, Biology Collaboration, Applied Science Collaboration

14:42 HB.007 The Oklo Constraints on Alpha-Decay Half-Lives

Eugene Chaffin, Joshua Molgaard (Bob Jones University)

14:54 HB.008 Light-Front Quark Model Analysis of Scalar Meson Decay

Martin DeWitt (North Carolina State University), Ho-Meoyng Choi (Kyungpook National University, Korea), Chueng-Ryong Ji (North Carolina State University)

13:30 HC.001 Thermal Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Based Bimorphs

O Sul, M Papadaks, Y Freedman, M Falvo, RM Taylor Jr., R Superfine, Sean Washburn (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nanoscience Research Group Team

13:42 HC.002 NanoElectroMechanical Devices and Magnetic Actuation

Dmitry Spivak, Adam Hall, Stergios Papadakis, R. L. Carroll, Michael Falvo, Sean Washburn, Richard Superfine (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

13:54 HC.003 Magnetic Properties of Mechanically Milled, Nano-sized Cupric Oxide

S.R. Mishra, Joseph Losby (University of Memphis), I Dubenko, S Roy, N Ali (Southern Illinois University), K Marasinghe (University of North Dakota)

14:06 HC.004 Conductivity Response to Torsional Stress in Individual Carbon Nanotubes

A. Hall, S. J. Papadakis, D. Spivak, M. Falvo, R. Superfine, S. Washburn (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

14:18 HC.005 Designing and controlling the shape of 3-D nanostructures through intrinsic stress, and thermal actuation

Hakan Deniz, Stergios Papadakis, Michael Falvo (UNC-CH, Dpt. of Physics and Astronomy), Sean Washburn (UNC-CH, Curriculum in Applied and Material Science, Dpt. of Physics and Astronomy), Richard Superfine (UNC-CH, Dpt. of Physics and Astronomy)

14:30 HC.006 \textbf\emphIn-situ Cs Intercalation of CVD SWNTs

E. C. T. Harley, L. E. McNeil (Dept. of Phys. and Astro., Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

14:42 HC.007 Photoionization, ground-state and excited-state structure of endohedral nitrogen: N@C_60

VALERIY DOLMATOV (Departemnt of Physics and Earth Science, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL 35632), GERALD WILLIAMS (Departemnt of Physics and Earth Science, University of North Alabama , Florence, AL 35632)

14:54 HC.008 Carbon Nanotubes as Structural Elements in Integrated Biological Nanodevices

Rohit Prakash (UNC Chapel Hill Physics and Astronomy), Richard Cheney (UNC Chapel Hill Molecular Cell and Physiology), Sean Washburn (UNC Chapel Hill Physics and Astronomy, Applied Sciences), Richard Superfine (UNC Chapel Hill Physics and Astronomy), Michael Falvo (UNC Chapel Hill Material Sciences)

15:06 HC.009 Nanoscale Fluidics: Using magnetic nanorods as model cilia

Jing Hao, Wilde Ben, Cribb Jeremy, Dwyer Chris, Fisher Jay, Desai Kalpit, Vicci Leandra, M. Taylor II Russell, Superfine Richard (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

15:18 HC.010 Synthesis and Characterization of Semiconducting Nanowires

Rahul Rao (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634), Shashank Sharma, Mahendra K. Sunkara (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292), Apparao M. Rao (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634)

15:30 HC.011 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Y Junctions by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Nick Gothard (Clemson University), Chiara Daraio, Sungho Jin (University of California, San Diego), Apparao Rao (Clemson University)

15:42 HC.012 Syntheses of multiwall carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition technique using Iron catalyst

Harihar V. Rajan, Jose Perez (Affiliation), Bruce Gnade (University of North Texas)

15:54 HC.013 CHARACTERIZATION OF AU CATALYZED ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES GROWN BY PULSED LASER VAPORIZATION

K. McGuire (Clemson University), P. G. Ganesan, H. Kim (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), N. Gothard (Clemson University), G. Ramanath (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), A. M. Rao (Clemson University)

16:06 HC.014 SYNTHESIS AND RAMAN CHARACTERIZATION OF BORON DOPED SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNTs)

K. McGuire, N. Gothard (Clemson University), P. L. Gai (DuPont Central Research & Development), S. G. Chao, M. S. Dresselhaus (M. I. T.), A. M. Rao (Clemson University)