REPLY to Comments on "Giant Dielectric Response in the One-Dimensional Charge-Ordered Semiconductor (NbSe4)3I" and "Colossal Magnetocapacitance and Colossal Magnetoresistance in HgCr2S4" (cond-mat/0607500)

TL;DR

This paper is a formal reply to comments on two previous studies about dielectric and magnetoresistive properties in specific materials, clarifying their findings and defending their original conclusions.

Contribution

It provides a detailed response to critiques of prior work on dielectric response and magnetoresistance in selected materials, reaffirming their original results.

Findings

Comment was rejected from publication in Physical Review Letters

Authors defend their original interpretations and results

Clarification of previous experimental conclusions

Abstract

In the present work we reply to the Comment by Catalan and Scott (cond-mat/0607500) on two of our papers. This Comment has been rejected from publication in Physical Review Letters and, hence, our Reply is based on the cond-mat version.