List of Tables

• 3.1. Some important macroscopic quantities for transport models with their definition from the microscopic counterparts.
• 5.1. Lattice constants for PbTe and SnTe in the rock-salt crystal structure at 300K.
• 5.2. Mass densities for PbTe and SnTe at 300K.
• 5.3. Summary of elastic constants and corresponding sound velocities for PbTe.
• 5.4. Temperature dependence of elastic constants and corresponding sound velocities.
• 5.5. Parameters for the specific heat capacity models for PbTe and SnTe.
• 5.6. Parameter values for the lead telluride thermal conductivity model incorporating the carrier contribution.
• 5.7. Parameter values for the material composition dependent PbSnTe thermal conductivity models.
• 5.8. Low temperature effective masses for the first conduction and valence band in lead telluride.
• 5.9. Parameters for several scattering models incorporated in Monte-Carlo simulations.
• 5.10. Parameters for lead telluride mobility models.
• 1. Publication Statistics.

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