Mechanochemistry:  The Mechanical Activation of Covalent Bonds

Martin Beyer received his diploma in physics in 1996 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1999 from TU Munich. With a Feodor Lynen fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, he conducted postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley. In 2003, he received the Heinz Maier Leibnitz award jointly given by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. He finished his habilitation in 2004 and obtained the venia legendi in physical chemistry from TU Munich in the same year. Martin Beyer's research focuses on gas-phase ion chemistry of molecular and metal clusters, computational chemistry, and fundamental concepts in mechanochemistry.\n\t\n\t\tHauke…