Patent ID: 8496857

Claim:
A composition comprising a compound of formula: L-(D-CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 GR 3 C(═O)R 4 ) m wherein L is a C2 to a C6 alkyl linking group; D is O; G is O; R 3 and R 4 are each independently an alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, heteroarylene, or an heteroarylalkylene group or optionally, R 3 and R 4 can be tethered together via (—CH 2 —) q , (—CH 2 —) r C═O(—CH 2 —) s , (—CH 2 —) r S(—CH 2 —) s , (—CH 2 —) r S═O(—CH 2 —) s or (—CH 2 —) r S(O) 2 (—CH 2 —) s , (—CH 2 —) r NR(—CH 2 —) s ; and m is an integer from 2 to about 10; a polymer; and a particle having a particle size of between about 1 nm to about 25 microns.