State University, big steps are also achieved with my life, getting married to my beloved wife and have a beatiful son. I feel very lucky that I have shared part of my life journey with friends, families and especially the Canfield's Army in Ames. I am so grateful for the support and company.Approaching graduation, I would like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to those who helped me with various aspects of conducting research, writing of this thesis as well as my life during my journey in Ames.First of all, I would like to express my sincere and greatest thanks to to my advisors, Dr. Paul C. Canfield and Dr. Sergey L. Bud'ko (with the "L." still being a mystery to me) for their extreme patience, guidance and support throughout my Ph.D. research. Their care also helped me through some struggling times. When I first met Dr. Canfield as a first year graduate student, I was immediately attracted by his passion and his way of making research understandable to beginners or outsiders. During my research in his group, he has kept inspired me with the passion in science as well as broad and deep knowledge. I would like to thank Dr. Bud'ko for his enormous guidance and support with various research instruments, especially the pressure devices. The discussions with him are always insightful and his skepticism has pushed me further in understanding the physics.