Response to Comment on "Reversible disorder-order transitions in atomic crystal nucleation"

Science. 2022 Mar 25;375(6587):eabj3683. doi: 10.1126/science.abj3683. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

Abstract

Yu et al. suggested calculating precisely the size ranges of the three parts of our figure 3A, adjusting the free-energy levels in figure 3B, and considering the shape effect in the first-principles calculation. The first and second suggestions raise strong concerns for misinterpretation and overinterpretation of our experiments. The original calculation is sufficient to support our claim about crystalline-to-disordered transformations.

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