Mechanochemistry: The Mechanical Activation of Covalent Bonds

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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 Clausen-Schaumann studied physics at the Technical University of Munich. In 1995, he joined the group of Prof. Hermann Gaub, for his diploma research about the adsorption of DNA to nano-structured cationic lipid membranes. In 1996, he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he started his Ph.D. research in the area of single-molecule force spectroscopy. During this time, he also served as scientific coordinator of the national competence center for nanoanalytics. In 2000, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Ludwig Maximilians University, for his work on DNA mechanics. After several years as a scientist and R&D manager for private companies and public research organizations, he joined the Munich University for Applied Sciences as a Professor for nanobiotechnology, in October 2004. His research interests concern the mechanical properties of biomolecules and chemical bonds, the development of force-based biochip technologies, as well as biomembranes and single-enzyme activity.\n\n\n\t