2008 March Sorting Categories (Including Focus Topics)

Please use these sorting categories when submitting contributed papers:

01. Metals

01.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth & Processing (Bulk & Films)
01.2 Thermodynamic & Transport Properties
01.3 Atomic Structure & Lattice Properties
01.4 Electronic Structure & Optical Properties
01.5 Mechanical & Dynamical Properties
01.6 Spectroscopic Properties
01.7 Defects: Point, Line, Interface (Doping & Microstructure)

02. Semiconductors

02.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth, & Processing (Bulk & Films)
02.2 Thermodynamic & Transport Properties (not QHE, FQHE)
02.3 Atomic Structure, Lattice Properties, & Phase Transitions
02.4 Electronic Structure, Optical, & Spectroscopic Properties
02.5 Mechanical & Dynamical Properties
02.6 Integer & Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
02.7 Defects: Point, Line, Interface (Doping & Microstructure)
Special Focus Topics:
02.8.1 Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors (GMAG/DMP/FIAP) [same as 06.11.5 & 16.12.11]
02.8.2 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors (DMP)

03. Insulators and Dielectrics

03.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth & Processing (Bulk &Films)
03.2 Thermodynamic & Transport Properties
03.3 Atomic Structure, Lattice Properties, & Phase Transitions
03.4 Electronic Structure & Optical Properties
03.5 Mechanical & Dynamical Properties
03.6 Spectroscopic Properties
03.7 Defects: Point, Line, Interface (Doping & Microstructure)
Special Focus Topics:
03.8.1 Dielectric, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Oxides (DMP) [same as 9.9.1]

04. Polymeric and Organic Materials

04.1 Semi-Crystalline Polymers
04.2 Liquid Crystalline Polymers
04.3 Solid Amorphous Polymers
04.4 Melts & Solutions
04.5 Elastomers & Gels
04.6 Charged & Ion-Containing Polymers
04.7 Block & Graft Copolymers
04.8 Polymer Blends
04.9 Polymer/Inorganic Composites
04.10 Electrically & Optically Active Polymers
04.11 Surfaces & Adsorption
04.12 Thin Films & Adhesion
04.13 Theory & Simulation
Special Focus Topics:
04.14.1 Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions & Networks (DPOLY/DBP) [same as 10.14.6]
04.14.2 Phase Transitions in Polymeric systems (DPOLY)
04.14.3 Properties of Block Copolymers (DPOLY)
04.14.4 Organic Electronics, Photonics & Magnetics (DMP/DPOLY) [same as 16.12.9]
04.14.5 Hybrid Organic, Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Assembly & Applications (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 16.12.7]
04.14.6 Mechanical Properties, Fracture, & Adhesion of Polymers (DPOLY)
04.14.7 Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules & Artificial Nanodevices (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 10.14.7]
04.14.8 Dynamics of Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions: From Single Molecules to Biological Systems (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 10.14.8]
04.14.9 DNA & Protein Analysis with Micro & Nano-Fluidics (DBP/DPOLY/DFD) [same as 8.15.7 &10.14.9]
04.14.10 Dynamic & Structure in Polymer Melts, Gels, & Glasses (DPOLY)
04.14.11 Reversibly Associating Polymers: Theory & Experiment (DPOLY/DBP) [same as 10.14.10]
04.14.12 De Novo Designed Peptides as Building Nanostructural Blocks (DPOLY/DBP) [same as 10.14.11]
04.14.13 Multiscale Modeling: Polymers, Nanocomposites and Biomacromolecules (DPOLY/DCOMP/DBP) [same as 10.14.24 & 17.13.3]
04.14.14 High-throughput Approaches to Polymer Physics and Materials Science (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 16.12.15]
04.14.15 Polymer Collapse and Protein Folding (GNSP/DPOLY) [same as 12.7.11]
04.14.16 Mechanical and Physical Properties of Thermosets and Rubbers (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 16.12.14]
04.14.17 Cytoskeletal Dynamics & Cell Motility (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 08.15.8 & 10.14.4]

05. Superconductivity

05.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth & Processing (Bulk & Films)
05.2 Theories and Models of the Superconducting State
05.3 Thermodynamic, Mechanical, and Structural Properties
05.4 Transport properties
05.5 Electronic Structure (Photoemission, etc.)
05.6 Magnetic Field Effects (Vortex Related Phenomena)
05.7 Spin Properties (NMR, NQR, neutron scattering, etc.)
05.8 Response to Electromagnetic Fields (optical and Raman spectroscopy, surface impedance, etc.)
05.9 Tunneling Phenomena (single particle tunneling and STM)
05.10 Josephson Effects
05.11 Proximity Effects
05.12 Fluctuation Phenomena (noise, nonequilibrium effects, localization effects, etc.)
05.13 Phase Diagrams
05.14 Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale Phenomena
05.15 Novel Superconductors (MgB2, complex compounds, organics, etc.)
05.16 Superconducting Devices & Applications [same as 16.2]
Special Focus Topics:
05.17.1 MgB2 & Other Novel Superconductors (DMP)
05.17.2 Electronic and Vortex Mechanisms for Higher Performing Superconductors (DMP)
05.17.3 Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems (DMP)

06. Magnetism (Experiment, Theory, Applications)

06.1 Cooperative Phenomena (incl. spin structures, spin waves, phase transitions)
06.2 Magnetic Domains & Magnetic Field Phenomena: Dynamic & Static
06.3 Correlated Electrons (incl. heavy fermions, oxides)
06.4 Spin Dependent Transport: GMR, CMR, Tunneling, Spin Injection, Semiconductors
06.5 Magnetic Recording Materials & Phenomena
06.6 Magnetic Anisotropy: Hard & Soft Materials
06.7 Artificially Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials (incl. multilayers & dots)
06.8 Low Dimensional Magnetism (incl. molecules & surfaces)
06.9 Disordered Magnetic Materials
06.10 Magnetic Devices & Applications [same as 16.4]
Special Focus Topics:
06.11.1 Theory & Simulation of Spin Dependent Effects & Properties (DCOMP/DMP/GMAG) [same as 17.13.2]
06.11.2 Magnetic Nanostructures: Materials and Phenomena (DMP/GMAG) [Same as 13.6.5]
06.11.3 Complex Oxides (DMP/GMAG)[same as 07.11.2 & 09.9.2]
06.11.4 Spin Transport & Magnetization Dynamics in Metal Based Systems (GMAG/DMP/FIAP) [same as 16.12.10]
06.11.5 Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors (GMAG/DMP/FIAP) [same as 02.8.1 & 16.12.11]
06.11.6 Nanomagnetic Particles & Structures for Information Storage Applications (GMAG/FIAP) [same as 16.12.8]
06.11.7 Frustrated & Low-Dimensional Magnetism (GMAG)

07. Complex Structured Materials

07.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth, & Processing (Bulk & Films)
07.2 Glassy & amorphous systems
07.3 Fullerenes (not nanotubes)
07.4 Nanotubes & Nanowires: Electronic & Transport Properties
07.5 Nanotubes & Nanowires: Other Properties
07.6 Composites/Porous Media
07.7 Quasicrystals
07.8 Graphene (not fullerenes nor nanotubes): Electronic, Transport, & Optical Properties
07.9 Graphene (not fullerenes nor nanotubes):  Atomic Structure & Lattice Properties
07.10 Graphene (not fullerenes nor nanutubes):  Quantum Hall Effect
Special Focus Topics:
07.11.1 Carbon Nanotubes & Related Materials (DMP)
07.11.2 Complex Oxides (DMP/GMAG) [same as 06.11.3 & 09.9.2]
07.11.3 Computational Nanoscience (DMP/DCOMP) [same as 17.13.1]
07.11.4 Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers: Fundamentals and Applications (DMP)

08. Fluids and Soft Matter

08.1 Fluid structure & properties
08.2 Equilibrium Self-assembly
08.3 Liquid Crystals
08.4 Colloids, Emulsions & Foams
08.5 Monolayers, Membranes & Microemulsions
08.6 Turbulence
08.7 Instabilities
08.8 Fluidic devices (Micro & Nano)
08.9 Granular Materials
08.10 Fluid Dynamics - Other
08.11 Disordered Systems & Glassy Dynamics (incl. jamming)
08.12 Pattern Formation & Nonlinear Dynamics
08.13 Nonequilibrium Assembly & Templated Assembly
08.14 Biologically-Inspired Physics
Special Focus Topics:
08.15.1 Granular Flows (DFD/GSNP) [same as 12.7.42]
08.15.2 Collective Dynamics of Self-driven Particles (DFD/GSNP) [same as 12.7.2]
08.15.3 Rheology & Hydrodynamics of Wormlike Micellar Fluids (DFD)
08.15.4 Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion (DFD/DBP) [same as 10.14.21]
08.15.5 Characterizing Spatio-Temporal Complexity in Fluids and Materials (DFD)
08.15.6 Colloids (DFD)
08.15.7 DNA & Protein Analysis with Micro & Nano-Fluidics (DBP/DPOLY/DFD) [same as 04.14.9 & 10.14.9]
08.15.8 Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Motility (DBP/GSNP/DPOLY/DFD) [same as 04.14.17 & 10.14.4]

09. Phase Transitions and Strongly Correlated Systems

09.1 Metal-Insulator Phase Transitions
09.2 Ferroelectric Phase Transitions
09.3 Structural Phase Transitions
09.4 Phase Transitions at Surfaces & Interfaces
09.5 Magnetic Phase Transitions
09.6 Heavy Fermions
09.7 Non Fermi Liquids
09.8 Organic conductors & CDW materials
Special Focus Topics:
09.9.1 Dielectric, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Oxides (DMP) [same as 03.8.1]
09.9.2 Complex Oxides (DMP/GMAG) [same as 06.11.3 & 07.11.2]

10. Biological Physics

10.1 Proteins: Structure & Function
10.2 Nucleic Acids: Structure & Function
10.3 Lipid Bilayers: Structure & Function
10.4 Proteins in Membranes
10.5 Proteins: Metastable States & Folding
10.6 Techniques in Biophysics
10.7 Biomolecular Computation
10.8 Nonlinear Phenomena & Pattern Formation in Biology
10.9 Biological Networks & Systems Biology
10.10 Cellular Biomechanics
10.11 Physics of Physiological Systems
10.12 Nanodesign in Biology
10.13 Single Molecule Nanobiology
Special Focus Topics:
10.14.1 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems (DBP/GSNP) [same as 12.7.6]
10.14.2 Brownian Motors in Physics, Chemistry, & Biology (DBP/GSNP) [same as 12.7.5]
10.14.3 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal Systems (DBP/GSNP) [same as 12.7.8]
10.14.4 Cytoskeletal Dynamics & Cell Motility (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 04.14.17 & 08.15.8]
10.14.5 Networks, regulations and pathways in cell biology (DBP/GSNP) [same as 12.7.7]
10.14.6 Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions & Networks (DPOLY/DBP) [same as 04.14.1]
10.14.7 Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules & Artificial Nanodevices (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 04.14.7]
10.14.8 Dynamics of Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions: From Single Molecules to Biological Systems (DBP/DPOLY) [same as 04.14.8]
10.14.9 DNA & Protein Analysis with Micro & Nano-Fluidics (DBP/DPOLY/DFD) [same as 04.14.9]
10.14.10 Reversibly Associating Polymers: Theory and Experiment (DPOLY/DBP) [same 04.14.11]
10.14.11 De Novo Designed Peptide as Building Nanostructural Blocks (DPOLY/DBP) [same as 04.14.12]
10.14.12 Beam Therapy (BDP/Medical Physics)
10.14.13 Biochip Physics (DBP/DFD)
10.14.14 Biophysics of Biocompatability (DBP)
10.14.15 Complex and Active Biomaterials: Mechanics and Microrheology (GSNP/DBP)
10.14.16 Emerging Nano-based Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Approaches to Cancer Treatment (DBP)
10.14.17 High-Bandwidth Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy (DBP/Biophysical Society)
10.14.18 Hydrophobic Interactions in Multiple Scales for Biology (DBP)
10.14.19 Medical Imaging (DBP/Medical Physics)
10.14.20 Medical Physics and Radiation Biology (DBP/Medical Physics)
10.14.21 Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion (DBP/DFD) [same as 08.15.4]
10.14.22 Microbeam and Ultrafast Technology (DBP/Medical Physics)
10.14.23 Time-Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function (DBP)
10.14.24 Multiscale Modeling: Polymers, Nanocomposites and Biomacromolecules (DPOLY/DCOMP/DBP)[same as 04.14.13 & 17.13.3]
10.14.26 Oscillations and Segmentation: Dynamical Genetic Regulation in Time and Space (DBP)
10.14.27 Oscillations without Transcription In Vivo and In Vitro (DBP)
10.14.28 Physical Aspects of Developmental Biology (DBP)
10.14.29 Physics of Self-Assembled Protein Cages (DBP)
10.14.30 Statistical Mechanics of Gene Expression (DBP)
10.14.31 Control of Light with Bacteriorhodopsin (DBP)

11. Chemical Physics

11.1 Theoretical Methods & Algorithms
11.2 Chemical Dynamics & Molecular Spectroscopy
11.3 Condensed Phase Dynamics, Structure, & Thermodynamics
11.4 Surfaces, Interfaces, & Colloids
11.5 Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, & Nanoscale Systems
11.6 Spectroscopy & Dynamics of Single Molecules & Nanoparticles
11.7 Polymers, Biopolymers & Materials
Special Focus Topics:
11.8.1 Quantum Control (DCP)
11.8.2 Cluster Assembled Nanoscale Materials (DCP)
11.8.3 Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory (DCP/DCOMP) [same as 17.13.4]
11.8.4 Fundamental Issues in Catalysis (DCP)
11.8.5 Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science (DCP)
11.8.6 Photophysics of Cold Molecules (DCP)

12. Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

12.1 Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics: exactly solvable models
12.2 Applications to Networks
12.3 Applications of Statistical Physics Methods Outside of Physics (economics, finance, etc)
12.4 Applications to Organized Systems
12.5 Systems Far from Equilibrium
12.6 Other Topics in Statistical & Nonlinear Physics
Special Focus Topics:
12.7.1 Friction, Fracture & Deformation (DMP/GSNP)
12.7.2 Collective Dynamics of Self-driven Particles (DFD/GSNP) [same as 08.15.2]
12.7.3 Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks (GSNP)
12.7.41 Jamming (GSNP)
12.7.42 Granular Flows (DFD/GSNP) [same as 08.15.1]
12.7.5 Brownian Motors in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (DBP/GSNP) [same as 10.14.2]]
12.7.6 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems (DBP/GSNP) [same as 10.14.1]
12.7.7 Networks, regulations and pathways in cell biology (DBP/GSNP)
12.7.8 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal Systems (DBP/GSNP) [same as 10.14.3]
12.7.9 Models and Materials Far from Equilibrium (GNSP)
12.7.10 Econophysics (GSNP)
12.7.11 Polymer Collapse and Protein Folding (GNSP/DPOLY) [same as 04.14.15]
12.7.12 Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects (GNSP)

13. Artificially Structured Materials

13.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth, & Processing (Bulk, Films & Coatings)
13.2 Superlattices & Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc): Structures
13.3 Superlattices & Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc): Electronic Properties
13.4 Superlattices & Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc): Optical Properties
13.5 Photonic crystals
Special Focus Topics:
13.6.1 Optical Properties of Nanostructures (DMP)
13.6.2 Fundamental Challenges in Transport Properties of Nanostructures (DMP) [same as 14.9.2]
13.6.3 Materials Issues for Quantum Computing & Quantum Engineering (DMP) [same as 23.12.6]
13.6.4 Thermoelectric Materials & Phenomena (FIAP/DMP) [same as 16.12.4]
13.6.5 Magnetic Nanostructures: Materials and Phenomena (DMP/GMAG) [same as 06.11.2]
13.6.6 Controlled Self-Organization of Functional Thin Film Nanostructures (DMP) [same as 14.9.1]

14. Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films

14.1 Materials: Synthesis, Growth, & Processing
14.2 Structure & Morphology
14.3 Reactions: Kinetics & Dynamics
14.4 Excitations, Energetics, & Nonequilibrium Effects
14.5 Electronic & Lattice Properties
14.6 Magnetic & Superconducting Properties
14.7 Phase Transitions (Structural, Electronic, & Magnetic)
14.8 Novel Instrumentation & Techniques in Surface Science
Special Focus Topics:
14.9.1 Controlled Self-Organization of Functional Thin Film Nanostructures (DMP) [same as 13.6.6]
14.9.2 Fundamental Challenges in Transport Properties of Nanostructures (DMP) [same as 13.6.2]
14.9.3 Surfaces Engineering interfaces for new materials: Modeling and Experiments (DMP)]

15. Instrumentation and Measurements

15.1 Detectors, Sensors, & Transducers
15.2 Spectroscopic Techniques
15.3 Scattering & Diffraction
15.4 Microscopic Techniques (incl. scanning)
15.5 Signal Processing & Analysis
15.6 High Magnetic Field Measurements
15.7 Thermal & IR Instrumentation
15.8 Acoustic & Ultrasonic Instrumentation
15.9 Neutron, IR, & X-ray Optics and Sources
Special Focus Topics:
15.10.1 X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences (GIMS)
15.10.2 Applications for Free Electron Lasers (GIMS)
15.10.3 Nanoinstrumentation for Biological and Other Applications (GIMS)
15.10.4 Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures (GIMS)
15.10.5 Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods (GIMS)
15.10.6 Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: Optical and High Frequency Methods (GIMS)

16. Applications

16.1 Optoelectronic Devices & Applications
16.2 Superconducting Devices & Applications [same as 05.16]
16.3 Semiconducting Devices & Applications
16.4 Magnetic Devices & Applications [same as 06.10]
16.5 Polymeric & Biological Materials Devices & Applications
16.6 Optical/Laser & High Frequency Devices & Applications
16.7 Thermoelectrics
16.8 Photonics
16.9 Nanotechnology
16.10 Bionanotechnology
16.11 High & Low k Dielectric Materials
Special Focus Topics:
16.12.1 Emerging Research Devices & Materials for the Microelectronics Industry (FIAP)
16.12.2 Negative Index Materials: Concepts to Applications (FIAP)
16.12.3 This category has been intentionally left blank
16.12.4 Thermoelectric Materials & Phenomena (FIAP/DMP) [same as 13.6.4]
16.12.5 Hydrogen Storage; Materials, Measurements & Modeling (FIAP/DMP)
16.12.6 Materials & Application for Solar Energy (DMP/FIAP)
16.12.7 Hybrid Organic, Inorganic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Assembly & Applications (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 04.14.5]
16.12.8 Nanomagnetic Particles & Structures for Information Storage Applications (GMAG/FIAP) [same as 06.11.6]
16.12.9 Organic Electronics, Photonics & Magnetics (DMP/DPOLY) [same as 04.14.4]
16.12.10 Spin Transport & Magnetization Dynamics in Metal Based Systems (GMAG/DMP/FIAP) [same as 06.11.4]
16.12.11 Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors (GMAG/DMP/FIAP) [same as 02.8.1 & 06.11.5]
16.12.12 Photocatalysis and photovoltaic: Excitation, trapping, and transport of charge carriers at surfaces and interfaces (DMP)
16.12.13 Artificial Neurons (FIAP)
16.12.14 Mechanical and Physical Properties of Thermosets and Rubbers (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 04.14.16]
16.12.15 High-throughput Approaches to Polymer Physics and Materials Science (DPOLY/FIAP) [same as 04.14.14]

17. General Theory (Theoretical Methods)

17.1 Many Body
17.2 Electronic Structure
17.3 Density Functional Theory
17.4 Relativity
17.5 Computational Methods: Classical & Quantum Monte Carlo
17.6 Computational Methods: Classical & Quantum Molecular Dynamics
17.7 Computational Methods: Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated Systems
17.8 Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling
17.9 Computational Plasma Physics
17.10 Computational Fluid Dynamics
17.11 Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
17.12 Computers in Physics Education
Special Focus Topics:
17.13.1 Computational Nanoscience (DMP/DCOMP) [same as 07.11.3]
17.13.2 Theory & Simulation of Spin Dependent Effects & Properties (DCOMP/DMP/GMAG) [same as 06.11.1]
17.13.3 Multiscale Modeling: Polymers, Nanocomposites and Biomacromolecules (DPOLY/DCOMP/DBP) [same as 04.14.13 & 10.14.24]
17.13.4 Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory (DCP/DCOMP) [same as 11.8.3]
17.13.5 Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions (DCOMP/GSCCM) [same as 17.13.5]

18. General

18.1 National Facilities
18.2 Public Policy
18.3 History
18.4 Society of Physics Students Abstracts
18.5 International programs, collaborations, & exchanges

19. High Pressure Physics

19.1 Equations of State & Phase Transitions
19.2 Other High Pressure Physics, incl. Theory
Special Focus Topics:
19.3.1 Earth & Planetary Materials(DMP/DCOMP)
19.3.2 Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions (DCOMP/GSCCM) [same as 17.13.5]

20. Quantum Fluids and Solids

20.1 Bose Einstein Condensation in quantum liquids (See 21.1 for other BEC)
20.2 Normal & Superfluid Liquid Helium
20.3 Vortices & Turbulence in Helium
20.4 Helium Films
20.5 Helium in Restricted Geometries
20.6 Helium Bubbles, Ions, Clusters & Droplets
20.7 Phase Transitions in Helium
20.8 Solid Helium
20.9 Spin-Polarized Systems
20.10 Techniques & Applications in Low Temperature Research

21. Atomic, Molecular & Optical (AMO) Physics

21.1 BEC/matter optics/atomic interferometry
21.2 Bosons in optical lattices
21.3 Fermions in optical lattices
21.4 Quantum Fermi gases/BEC-BCS crossover
21.5 Cold gases: one dimensional phenomena
21.6 Cold gases: two dimensional phenomena
21.7 Quantum information science in AMO
21.8 Strong-field/ultrafast physics
21.9 Molecular gases and beams
21.10 Casimir forces and precision measurements
21.11 Quantum Optics
21.12 Atomic/molecular structure, interactions and collisions
21.13 Other AMO topics
Special Focus Topics:
21.14.1 Quantum simulation of Condensed-Matter systems with ultracold atoms [same as 23.12.5]
21.14.2 Ultracold dipolar gases with anisotropic and long-range interactions
21.14.3 Exotic phases in ultracold Fermi gases
21.14.4 Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless regime and rotating quantum gases

22. Physics Education

22.1 K-12 Education
22.2 Informal Education & Public Outreach
22.3 Undergraduate Education
22.4 Graduate Education
22.5 Education & Public Policy
22.6 Professional Development
22.7 Physics Education Research
22.8 Pre-service Teacher Preparation
22.9 International Science Education
Special Focus Topics:
22.10.1 Computing in Undergraduate/Graduate Physics Education (FEd)
22.10.2 Physics Education and Physics Education Research (FEd)

23. Quantum Information, Concepts, and Computation

23.1 Quantum Information
23.2 Quantum Entanglement
23.3 Quantum Computation
23.4 Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Simulation
23.5 Quantum Error Correction
23.6 Quantum Measurement
23.7 Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence
23.8 Quantum Control
23.9 Quantum Communication
23.10 Quantum Cryptography
23.11 Physical Implementations of Qubits
Special Focus Topics:
23.12.1 Foundations of Quantum Theory (GQI)
23.12.2 Quantum Metrology and Control: Fundamental Limits and Applications (GQI)
23.12.3 Superconducting Qubits (GQI)
23.12.4 Progress toward Scalable Quantum Information Processing (GQI)
23.12.5 Quantum Simulation of Condensed-Matter Systems with Ultracold Atoms (GQI/DAMOP) [same as 21.14.1]
23.12.6 Materials Issues for Quantum Computing & Quantum Engineering (DMP) [same as 13.6.3 ]

24. Supplementary Abstracts