Scientists in the US have developed hollow platinum nanospheres which could be used in a variety of different technologies.

Researchers from the University of Georgia have created porous, nanoscopic, hollow platinum spheres, which could be used to improve catalytic applications.

According to the experts, the new platinum nanospheres, which have been developed by using liposomes as blueprints, are ideal for catalytic applications that need large surfaces but work with a low concentration of materials.

The new developments are an improvement on previous attempts because these produce relatively large porous platinum nanocages, where only small spheres had been possible before.

Reported in the Angewandte Chemie journal, the research could also have biomedical applications.

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