Patent ID: 9706789
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A23K,C05F,C08L,Y02A,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method of reducing the melting point of a peptide-based biopolymer comprising mixing said peptide-based biopolymer with a nitrogen-containing plasticizing compound to form a mixture of said peptide-based biopolymer and said nitrogen-containing plasticizing compound, and heating said mixture of said peptide-based biopolymer and said nitrogen-containing plasticizing compound; wherein said nitrogen-containing plasticizing compound's melting point is greater than the melting point of urea, wherein said nitrogen-containing plasticizing compound's melting point differs from said peptide-based biopolymer's melting point, and wherein said peptide-based biopolymer's melting point is reduced after mixing said nitrogen-containing plasticizing agent with said peptide-based biopolymer.