- Klaus Bechgaard
Klaus Bechgaard (born
March 5 ,1945 inCopenhagen ,Denmark ) is a Danishscientist andchemist , noted for being one of the first scientists in the world to synthesize a number of organiccharge transfer complexes and demonstrate theirsuperconductivity , threreof the nameBechgaard salt . These salts all exhibit superconductivity at low temperatures.The first
unconventional superconductor composed of organic material, was discovered by Bechgaard andDenis Jerome in 1979. This discovery garnered attention in the international scientific community, and for a period he was one of the most quoted scientists in the field of natural sciences. He also received a nomination for theNobel Prize in chemistry for this discovery.Research
Klaus Bechgaard did research at the
University of Copenhagen , where he also held aProfessorship inorganic chemistry until 1993. From 1993 until 2000 he was thechairman of the Department of Physics and Chemistry atRisø and in 2001 he was appointed head of the newly assigned Department ofPolymer Research at Risø. From 2001 and onwards he has been the head of Risø's nano technology programme, and The Danish Center of Polymers which is a joint venture between the Technical University of Copenhagen and Risø.Currently Bechgaard conducts research in the field of
polymers andnano technology at theUniversity of Copenhagen .Career and achievements
Education:
* 1969: Cand scient. Organic Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
* 1973: Lic.Scient. (Chemistry), University of Copenhagen.Academic Appointments:
* 1974-84: Lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.
* 1984-89: Research Professor at the University of Copenhagen
* 1989-93: Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen.
* 1993-2000: Head of the Department ofCondensed Matter Physics and Chemistry. Risø.
* 2001: In charge of theInterdisciplinary Nanotechnology Programme, Risø
* 2001-2003: Temporary Head of The Danish Polymer Centre and the Polymer Department Risø
* 2004-present: Professor of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen (May 2004-). Deputy Headof DepartmentOther:
* 2004-present: A. J. Heeger Endowed Chair, UCSB, Santa Barbara
Honours:
* 1983: Elected member of the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences
* 1984: Elected member of the Royal Danish Academy.
* 2002: Elected member of theFrench Academy of Sciences Publications:
* Approximately 370 peer reviewed papers in Chemistry and Solid State Physics, 7 patents
Awards:
* 1991: The
Hewlett Packard Europhysics prize
* 1997: The NKT scientific prize
* 2000: The EUDescartes prize
* 2008: The Hartmann Foundation memorial prizeSee also
*
Bechgaard salt
*Unconventional superconductor
*Organic superconductor
*Van Hove singularity
*Tetrathiafulvalene
*Tetracyanoethylene
*Solid-state chemistry References
*cite web
url = http://superconductors.org/History.htm
title = The History of Superconductors
accessdate = 2007-10-22
date = october 2007
publisher = superconductors.org
quote = The first of these theoretical superconductors was successfully synthesized in 1980 by Danish researcher Klaus Bechgaard of the University of Copenhagen and 3 French team members.
*cite web
url = http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/gallery/scorganic.html
title = Organic Superconductors
accessdate = 22 octoeber 2007
publisher = National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
*cite web
url = http://superconductors.org/atypical.htm
title = Atypical Superconductors and the Future
accessdate = 2007-10-22
date = october 2007
publisher = superconductors.org
* People, ideas, entrepreneurship & innovation.http://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/extracurricular/on_the_edge.html
* D. Jérome, A. Mazaud, M. Ribault, K. Bechgaard, Superconductivity in a synthetic organic conductor: (TMTSF)2PF6] , J. Phys. Lett. (Paris) 41, L95 (1980).
* K. Bechgaard, K. Carneiro, M. Olsen, F. Rasmussen and C.S. Jacobsen, Zero-pressure organic superconductor: di-(tetramethyltetraselenafulvalenium)-perchlorate [(TMTSF)2ClO4] , Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 852 (1981).
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