Response to “Comment on ‘Nanoindentation hardness anisotropy of alumina crystal: a molecular-dynamics study’” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 146101 (2009)]

of alumina crystal: a molecular-dynamics study’” †Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 146101 „2009...‡ Kenji Nishimura, Hsiu-Pin Chen, Rajiv K. Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, Ken-ichi Nomura, Priya Vashishta, and Fuyuki Shimojo Research Institute for Computational Science, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Computer Science, Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0242, USA Department of Physics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan

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