Nickel coated carbon nanotubes in aluminum matrix composites: a multiscale simulation study Samaneh Nasiri, Kai Wang, Mingjun Yang, Qianqian Li and Michael Zaiser Eur. Phys. J. B, 92 8 (2019) 186 Published online: 26 August 2019 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2019-100243-6