Klaus Bechgaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Klaus Bechgaard

Danish chemist

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 07-Mar-2017

Profession: scientist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Klaus Bechgaard (March 5, 1945 – March 7, 2017) was a Danish scientist and chemist, noted for being one of the first scientists in the world to synthesize a number of organic charge transfer complexes and demonstrate their superconductivity, therefore the name Bechgaard salt.
These salts all exhibit superconductivity at low temperatures. The first unconventional superconductor composed of organic material, was discovered by Bechgaard and Denis Jerome in 1979.
This discovery garnered attention in the international scientific community, and for a period he was one of the most cited scientists in the field of natural sciences.
He also received a nomination for the Nobel Prize in chemistry for this discovery.