Colloidal thallium halide nanocrystals with reasonable luminescence, carrier mobility and diffusion length.

Colloidal lead halide based perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have been recently established as an interesting class of defect-tolerant NCs with potential for superior optoelectronic applications. The electronic band structure of thallium halides (TlX, where X = Br and I) show a strong resemblance to lead halide perovskites, where both Pb and Tl exhibit a 6s inert pair of electrons and strong spin-orbit coupling. Although the crystal structure of TlX is not perovskite, the similarities of its electronic structure with lead halide perovskites motivated us to prepare colloidal TlX NCs.

Sealing the acetabular notch in cemented total hip arthroplasty. A radiological review of 380 cases.

Recent in vitro work has shown that sealing the acetabular notch with bone graft in bovine acetabulum samples results in improved cement penetration in the acetabular bone during total hip arthroplasty. Successful sealing of the notch may be identified on postoperative films by a lack of cement extrusion. This study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of this technique in preventing cement escape and early radiolucent lines by review of early postoperative radiographs.

Tibial-stem dissociation in a modular revision total knee arthroplasty system: a comparative clinical outcome study.

Stem dissociation in modular revision knee arthroplasty, due to failure of the frictional lock of the Morse taper, has previously been reported in the literature. The medium-term to long-term implications of stem dissociation are however unknown because the clinical outcomes have not been reported. We report a series of 10 cases of tibial-stem dissociation in the Coordinate revision knee system (DePuy, Warsaw, Ind).