Response to “Comment on ‘The limits of flexoelectricity in liquid crystals’” [AIP Advances 3, 019101 (2013)]

The Comment [AIP Advances 3, 019101 (2013)] appears to be based on a mistaken understanding of our argument. We believe that the inequalities in our Paper [AIP Advances 1, 032120 (2011)] are correct and that our conclusions are justified.