This project was supported by the National Basic Research (973) Program of China (No. 2009CB623704), the Nature Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 07006483), the China Scholarship Council and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals. Z.L. acknowledges funding support from the Australian Research Council (DP0881700). The authors also acknowledge the facility use and scientific and technical assistance from AMMRF at the University of Sydney, particularly from Drs Dave Mitchell, Ting-Yu Wang and Hongwei Liu.