Biocompatible, biomimetic ampholyte materials

A compound comprising a polymer that comprises a polymer backbone and an ampholyte compound pendant group, with said compound being represented by a general formula:

• wherein POLY represents the polymer backbone,
• wherein Y represents an oxygen in an ester moiety or a secondary amine in an amide moiety,
• wherein m and p independently range from 0 to 6, with an m of 1 to 6 denoting a hydrocarbon chain referred to as the m-hydrocarbon chain and a p in a range from 1 to 6 denoting a hydrocarbon chain referred to as the p-hydrocarbon chain,
• wherein n is at least one and indicates a number of pendant groups that are independently selected and independently attached to the polymer backbone, and
• wherein R1 is hydrophilic and chosen from the group consisting of (a) a substituted alkyl group, (b) a substituted cycloalkyl group, (c) a substituted cycloalkenyl group, (d) a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle group, and (e) a substituted alkenyl group, wherein the R1 group terminates with a methoxy group;
• wherein R2 and R3, are independently chosen from the group consisting of
• (a) a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, (b) a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group,(c) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, (d) a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group, (e) a substituted or unsubstituted heterocycle group, and (f) a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group;
• and
• wherein the m-hydrocarbon chain and/or the p-hydrocarbon chain are substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon chains, wherein if the hydrocarbon chain is substituted substitution is an attachment to the hydrocarbon chain or is a heteroatom within the hydrocarbon chain.