BUOYANT, REFLECTIVE, NANOBIOCOMPOSITE OCEAN REMEDIATION AND CO2 SEQUESTRATION WITH METHODS OF USE

摘要

A nanobiocomposite nutrient carrier with a first phase containing a water-soluble polymer with an iron nutrient, nourishing an aquatic organism. The water-soluble polymer includes a hydrogen bonded IPN entrapping the iron nutrient. A particle size of the iron nutrient is ≤ 100 nm. The nutrient carrier is buoyant having a density of 1.0 g/cm3. A second dispersed phase surround the first phase, with a second dispersed phase particle size ≤ 100 nm, and gas inclusion voids allowing the density to be 1.0 g/cm3. A water remediation material having a nutrient constituent with particles ≤100 nm, and a density 1.0 g/cm3. The material has a first carbohydrate polymer network including a bio-polysaccharide, a reflective mineral nutrient coupled to the first carbohydrate polymer network, a second carbohydrate polymer network, and a reflective mineral. A method of providing the nutrient carrier also is provided.