Poster Session 1 – Tuesday 15 December 2009 Symposium: Energy: photovoltaics, solar Cells, artificial photosynthesis P.01 High resolution TEM studies of TIo2 networks for dye-sensitized solar cells Giorgio Divitini (University of Cambridge, UK) P.02 Photocatalytic water splitting on semiconductor surfaces Paul Critchley (University of Surrey, UK ) P.03 Tunable morphology and molecular orientation of copper hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (F16CUPC) thin films Junliang Yang (University of Warwick, UK) P.04 Metal oxide/ organic semiconductor hybrid solar cells: comparison of direct and inverse device architectures Raffaello Da Campo (University of Warwick, UK) P.05 3D-nanostructured templating for hetero-junction organic solar devices Stefan Schumann (University of Warwick, UK) P.06 Structural properties of spin-coated P3HT/PCBM blends for photovoltaic devices studied by grazing incidence x-ray diffraction Samuele Lilliu (Cardiff University, UK) P.07 Oxide semiconductors: intrinsic bulk and surface electronic properties of CDO and In2O3 revealed Tim Veal (University of Warwick, UK) P.08 INSB grown on CDZNTE substrate by liquid phase epitaxy Min Yin (Lancaster University, UK) P.09 Is indium-gallium-nitride the future for full spectrum solar cells? Louise Bailey (University of Warwick, UK) Symposium: Modern synchrotron based methods for surface and interface studies P.10 Rixs studies of (GAMN)AS Intikhab Ulfat (Chalmers University of Technology / MAX-lab, Sweden) P.11 Structure and photoluminescence of ZnO and ZnXMn1-XO thin films by RTA treatments Xia Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science, P.R. China ) P.12 Oxidation of polycrystalline Ni: A step towards bridging the complexity gap Georg Held (University of Reading, UK) Symposium: Nanophysics at low temperature P.13 Temperature and current dependent matching effect in superconducting Nb Muhammad Kamran (COMSATS Institute of Information technology, UK) P.14 In-plane transport in a double layer crystalline silicon structure with an SIO2 barrier Kei Takashina (University of Bath, UK) P.15 Dirty quantum wells: a candidate system for microcavity polariton condensation Isobel Piper (University of Cambridge, UK) P.16 A fibre interferometer for the measurement of mems and nems below 1 K Mark Patton (The University of Nottingham, UK) P.17 RF power measurements on magnetic superlattices Alain Nogaret (University of Bath, UK) P.18 Study of the delocalised-localised critical transition frequency for phonons Sebastian Pinski (University of Warwick, UK) P.19 Fluctuations of tethered membranes Nils Hasselmann (ICCMP Brasilia) P.20 Photoluminescence dynamics of GaAs/AlGaAs indirect excitons Joe Wilkes (Cardiff University, UK) Symposium: Metamaterials & plasmonics P.21 Broadband transparency in graded spherical core-shell metamaterials K W Yu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, P.R.China) Symposium: Computational electronic structure P.22 Compton profile study of HgX2 compounds Mahendra Singh Dhaka (Engineering College Bikaner, India) P.23 Dynamics of electron states in double InAs/GaAs quantum dots: quantum leakage in external electric field Worasak Sukkabot (University of Surrey, UK) P.24 Electronic properties of GaSb/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots: empirical tightbinding approach Worasak Sukkabot (University of Surrey, UK) P.25 Electronic properties of InSb/InP self-assembled quantum dots: empirical tightbinding approach Worasak Sukkabot (University of Surrey, UK) P.26 Charge localisation and transport in a diagonal model of DNA Stephen Wells (University of Warwick, UK) P.27 Ab initio calculations of electron energy loss near edge structure of ternary alloys David Holec (Montanuniversität Leoben) P.28 Tight binding techniques for modelling the properties of excitons in carbon nanotubes: binding energy and exciton size Matthew Brown (University of Surrey, UK) P.29 Electrons in systems with several types and degrees of disorder: the non-local coherent potential approximation for multi-atom per unit cell materials Alberto Marmodoro (University of Warwick, Coventry) P.30 Structure prediction of point defects using Ab initio random structure searching Andrew Morris (University College London, UK) P.31 Bottom-up modelling of charge transport in polymer semiconductors David Cheung (University of Warwick, UK) P.32 The electronic structure for ordered and disordered perovskites: application to PZT Jonathan Peace (University of Warwick, UK) P.33 First principles study of the vibrational properties of zinc antimony Shakeel Ahmad (University of Salford, UK) Symposium: Nanoscale physics P.34 Nitrogen-functionalised carbon nanotubes as catalysts for oxygen reduction Stephen Lyth (Tokyo Institute of Technolgy, Japan) P.35 Material algorithm development and superplastic behaviour of nano-scale crystalline tungsten Kenneth Cowan (Cowan Scientific Consultancy Ltd., UK) P.36 Some remarks on approximation techniques for quantum systems in higher space dimensions Sami Al-Jaber (Palestine Technical University, Palestine) P.37 The growth of molecular rhombus tilings Andrew Stannard (University of Nottingham, UK) P.38 On the theory of the one-dimensional graph-like structures Anton Dolgikh (Voronezh State University, Russia) P.39 Thermally assisted STM induced molecular dissociation: Chlorobenzene/Si(111)7X7 Sumet Sakulsermsuk (Nanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, UK ) P.40 Counting the atoms in deposited monolayer-protected “Au38” clusters Zhiwei Wang (University of Birmingham, UK) P.41 Non-spherical size-selected Pd clusters investigated by STM Christopher Jones (University of Birmingham, UK) P.42 STM study of molecule double-rows in mixed self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols Gengzhao Xu (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, UK) P.43 Catalytic activity of size-selected Pd clusters on graphite Feng Yin (University of Birmingham, UK) P.44 STM study of nanoscale potassium islands on graphite Feng Yin (University of Birmingham, UK) P.45 Excitation, detection and passive cooling of a NEMS resonator using a near-field microwave interferometer Ling Hao (NPL, UK) P.46 Modelling of flexible motion in protein and silicate structures Stephen Wells (University of Warwick, UK) P.47 RAMAN and AFM measurements on graphene Ling Hao (NPL, UK) P.48 Novel zeolite templated electronic materials Gary Baker (Nottingham Trent University, UK) P.49 Growth and formation of polythiophene nanowires Mark Hampton (Cardiff University, UK) Astronomy P.50 Simulations of pressurised water flow through carbon nanotubes Samantha Shaw (University of Surrey, UK) P.51 Electrical and structural properties of ultrathin polycrystalline and epitaxial tin films grown by reactive dc magnetron sputtering Fridrik Magnus (Science Institute, University of Iceland, Iceland) P.52 Adsorption of guest molecules into an entropically stabilised molecular rhombus tiling James Russell (University of Nottingham, UK) P.53 Growth of bi-layer supramolecular networks initiated by trapped guest molecules. Matthew Blunt (University of Nottingham, UK) P.54 Microfabricated au cathode co-axial field emitter for scanning probe energy loss spectroscopy Miyeon Song (University of Birmingham, UK) P.55 Fabrication of micro-grating patterned photolithography for dna biosensor Naphat Chathirat (Mahidol University, Thailand) P.56 Porphyrin oligomers and polymers on an AU(111) Substrate: electrospray deposition of molecular wires Alex Saywell (University of Nottingham, UK) P.57 Annihilation and anomalous trapping of excitons in carbon nanotubes Muhammad Tariq Sajjad (University of Surrey, UK) P.58 Scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy of Si(100)-(2X1) at high currents: beyond tunnelling Subhashis Gangopadhyay (University of Nottingham, UK) P.59 C60 submonolayers on the Si(1 1 1)-(7 × 7) surface: does a mixture of physisorbed and chemisorbed states exist? Subhashis Gangopadhyay (University of Nottingham, UK) P.60 SU8 waveguides for optical trapping applications Fouzia Ouali (Nottingham Trent University, UK) P.61 Noise-controlled signal transmission in a multithread semiconductor neuron Alain Nogaret (University of Bath, UK) P.62 Can indium nitride surfaces be passivated? Louise Bailey (University of Warwick, UK) P.63 Optical study of defects in ZNO nanostructures Martin Munz (National Physical Laboratory, UK) P.64 Growth studies of epitaxial graphene on 4H-SiC for nanoelectronics Andrew Strudwick (University of Leeds, UK) P.65 Surface and transport properties of epitaxial graphene Graham Creeth (University of Leeds, UK) P.66 Ordering of nucleic acids adsorbed at Au(110)/liquid interfaces Chris Mansley, (University of Liverpool, UK) P.67 Magnetic field dependent energy spectrum of graphene quantum dots George Giavaras (University of Oxford, UK) P.68 Characterisation of strained ge epitaxial layers grown by RPCVD on reversegraded Si0.2Ge0.8 relaxed buffers Van-Huy Nguyen (University of Warwick, UK) P.69 Static and dynamic critical behavior of a catalytic reaction model with many absorbing configurations Marcelo Andrade (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil) P.70 Atomic and electronic structure of MgO(111)/SiC(0001) interface Vlado Lazarov (University of York, UK) P.71 Characterisation of a surface alloy phase of Pt/Cu(110) produced by post deposition annealing of a sub monolayer quantity of PT, investigated using LEED and MEIS T P Fleming (Loughborough University, UK) Symposium: Multiferroics P. 72 Influence of strain on the polarization of epitaxial (Ba,Sr)TiO3 ultrathin film from first principles Saad Binomran (King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Symposium: Quantum coherence P.73 Macroscopic quantum tunnelling and conductance measurements of SFIS PIjunctions for qubit applications Suzanne Gildert (University of Birmingham, UK)