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Abstract

I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Mingxing Zhang and Yu Yin, my research supervisor from The University of Queensland, for their continuous guidance during the course of my research. Their willingness to give time and their valuable constructive critiques on regular meetings have enabled me to finish my thesis I wish to acknowledge the help provided by fellow undergraduate researcher Kai En Koey and Zhihan Chen of the high-entropy alloy research group, and laboratory technicians of the Advanced Engineering Building UQ Finally, I would like to sincerely thank my father, my mother, my sister, and my friends for their continuous support during my time of study