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We propose two possible new compounds, Ba$_2$CuO$_2$Fe$_2$As$_2$ and K$_2$CuO$_2$Fe$_2$Se$_2$, which hybridize the building blocks of two high temperature superconductors, cuprates and iron-based superconductors. These compounds consist of…
New Fe-pnictide heterostructures of the type LnOFeAs/BaFe$_2$As$_2$ (Ln = La, Sm) were grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and investigated. Their common structural unit of [Fe$_2$As$_2$] planes allows perfect matching between the…
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