Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Stuffed Sulvanite-Type Chalcogenides With Low Thermal Conductivity

MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531048727 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur on May 20, 2025, for Stuffed Sulvanite-Type Chalcogenides With Low Thermal Conductivity.

Inventors include Dr. Partha Pratim Jana; Achintya Lakshan; Krishnendu Buxi; and Biplab Koley.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT Title: Stuffed sulvanite-type chalcogenides with low thermal conductivity Compositional derivatives of Cu4TiSe4 are achieved through systematic substitution at the anionic Se site and cationic Cu site, respectively. At room temperature, both Cu4TiSe4-ySy (0 = y = 2.5) and AgxCu4-xTiSe4 (x = 1) retai...