Loaʻa i ka pahu metala nā hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻāpana kikoʻī nui, ka ductility maikaʻi a me ka conductivity thermal kiʻekiʻe, a he waiwai hydromechanical maikaʻi. Loaʻa iā ia nā pōmaikaʻi nui i nā hopena catalytic o nā kinoea a me nā wai. Ma ka hopena catalytic, hiki ke hoʻohana pololei ʻia kahi metala nickel a i ʻole keleawe i hoʻohana pono ʻia ma ke ʻano he catalyst, a i ʻole e hoʻohana ʻia ka metala puaʻa e like me ka mea lawe catalyst, a hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia nā catalysts i ka papa honua. Hoʻohui ka ʻenehana photocatalytic foam metala nanocomposite i nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o nā mea nanophotocatalytic a me ka nickel foam, a he mea kākoʻo photocatalytic functional material i loaʻa ma ka hoʻouka like ʻana i kahi nui o ka nano-Tio2 ma ka substrate nickel foamed. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Nickel foam ma ke ʻano he photocatalyst maikaʻi loa ma muli o kāna ʻano ʻoihana pūnaewele ʻekolu-dimensional. Loaʻa iā ia nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻohana ākea i nā catalysis ʻekolu o ka pau ʻana o ke kaʻa, nā hopena kemika lapaʻau, ka hoʻohaumia ʻana o nā mea haumia organik i ka wai ʻino, ka wehe ʻana i nā kinoea inorganic pōʻino a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ea.