It is demonstrated that the MgSiN2 crystal structure can be reduced to a superposition of the Bravais approximate highly symmetric sublattices. The combined Brillouin zones are constructed for the crystal lattice and sublattices. Results of calculations of the electronic MgSiN2 structure in the context of the local approximation of density functional theory are presented. The influence of the existing hidden symmetry of the crystal on its band spectrum is described.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 82–87, October, 2011.
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Basalaev, Y.M., Demushin, P.V., Nikolaeva, E.V. et al. Influence of the sublattice symmetry on the band structure of a MgSiN2 crystal. Russ Phys J 54, 1145–1151 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-012-9722-8
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