Reply to comment on 'Modelling of surface energies of elemental crystals'

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. (reply)