Preparation and Characterization of Polydopamine-coated Silver Core/Shell Nanocables

Abstract This paper describes for the first time a simple method to synthesize polydopamine-coated Ag nanocable with well-defined core–shell structure. The morphology, structure, and composition of the products were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray power diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.