title: Reply to comment on 'Modelling of surface energies of elemental crystals'.
abstract: In reply to the comment by Luo et al, our theoretical model for the surface energy of elemental crystals is further developed to improve the prediction accuracy of the surface energy of the high-Miller-index facets. It is considered that the previous predicted unit surface area could not denote the actual one since the facets now are uneven. With the modification, the accuracy for the prediction of surface energy in units of J m(-2) is improved.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jiang