Acknowledgements

This page goes out to my co-workers, lecturers and friends who had rendered me help in the course of my project. Special thanks to my supervisor, Asst. Prof Sow, who had brought in life to my project with his boundless creativity and enthusiasm. I would also like to extend my thanks to co-supervisor, Asst. Prof Mahendiran, for his guidance and fruitful discussions. This project will not be able to be carried out without the help from friends in the Colloid Lab. I would like to thank Cheong for his help and passion that brought endless ideas to my project; Yanwu for his willingness to share he experiences and his helping hands that always comes at the right moment; Binni for sharing his experiments details and great suggestions, which brought my project to another height; Choon Hoong for being a patient mentor and a great friend; Sharon for always willing to be my listening ears and Yilin who always share with me his experiences and thoughts. Thanks to colloid lab for its space and resources, which allowed me to explore and learn while having fun with physics. Not forgetting fellow honours year class for going through the thick and thin together. I would like to delicate this thesis to my dearest family and loved ones for being understanding and supportive.

Yippie! Thesis done! haha.... with this.. my FYP comes to an end... (",)