

K −1) is much close to diamond-AlAs (0.813 W/cm.K −1) has the best thermal conductivity of the three phases, and oC12-AlAs (0.809 W/cm.At ambient pressure, oC12-AlAs (463 K) and hP6-AlAs (471 K) have a higher Debye temperature than diamond-AlAs (433 K). To obtain the thermodynamic properties of oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs, the sound velocities, Debye temperature, and minimum thermal conductivity at considered pressure were investigated systematically. The anisotropy of Young’s modulus shows that oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs have greater isotropy than diamond-AlAs. The pressure of transition from brittleness to ductility for oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs are 1.21 GPa and 2.11 GPa, respectively. At 0 GPa, the bulk modulus B of oC12-AlAs, hP6-AlAs, and diamond-AlAs are 76 GPa, 75 GPa, and 74 Gpa, respectively, indicating that oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs have a better capability of resistance to volume than diamond-AlAs. Through the study of lattice constants ( a, b, and c) with pressure, we find that the incompressibility of oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs is the largest along the c-axis. The results show that oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs are mechanically stable within the considered pressure. The elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young’s modulus, B/ G ratio, and Poisson’s ratio for oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs have been systematically investigated. The structural, mechanical, anisotropic, and thermal properties of oC12-AlAs and hP6-AlAs under pressure have been investigated by employing first-principles calculations based on density functional theory.
