First and foremost, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to my supervisor Assoc. Prof. Gooi Hoay Beng, whose guidance and endless patience helped me to complete my master studies. His willingness to share his resources had provided me with the biggest support in my research work. I am also heartily thankful to him and Mrs Gooi who took great care of me when I was in the hospital. Their generous and positive view of life will affect me for good. I would like to express my sincere thanks to my colleague and also my good friend, Mr. Paudel, who offered me tremendous support in experimental methods and research skills. I feel so grateful for his encouragement and inspiration, which helped me to overcome the difficulties I have ever encountered in my research.