To improve the performance of starch straws in rapidly cooling and annealing procedure of thermoplastic extrusion, control straw was prepared through slowly cooling at 25 °C, and starch straw was prepared through regulating different rapid cooling temperatures including 20 °C, 5 °C, -10 °C and -20 °C. The results indicated that control straw exhibited a homogeneous state, while starch straws treated by rapid cooling displayed like a wash-board structure. Compared to control straw, the ratio of the absorption peak intensity of 1047 and 1022 cm increased from 1.050 to 1.455 as cooling temperatures decreased from 25 °C to -20 °C, indicating short-range order of the double helix structure significantly enhanced. The relative crystallinities of starch straws increased from 12.01 % to 16.58 %. The maximum bending force value (60.92 N) of starch straws cooled at -20 °C was significantly higher than that (46.14 N) of control straw. Conversely, the modulus of elasticity in bending values (4.21-16.43 N/cm) of rapid cooling-treated straws were significantly lower than that (48.42 N/cm) of control straw. Water absorption of rapid cooling-treated straws were lower than that of control straw, indicating the hydrophobicity property of starch straws significantly improved.
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