다양한 제조 공정하에서 기판위에 형성되는 이중층은 공학적인 관점으로 볼 때 매우 중요한 미세 조직들 중의 하나이다. 이중에서도 고온 산화시에 형성되는 이중층에 관하여는 많은 이론들이 있다. 이 논문에서는 이들 이론들에 대한 가정 및 이론 전개에 대한 고찰을 통해 이들 이론들을 검증하였다. 또 산화 이중층을 진공 박막 제조 및 응고시 형성되는 이중층들과 비교하였다.

The formation mechanism of the snow cells of the Yellow Sea associated with snowfall over the southwestern part of Korea on 4 February, 2004 has been investigated using special upper-air sounding and radar data obtained for the KEOP (Korea Enhanced Observing Period) Intensive Observing Period (IOP). Results show that the types of snow cells for the selected period are classified into L(Longitudinal)-mode, Low-level convergence, and T(Transverse)-mode with their evolution from L-mode to T-mode. In particular, the existence of low-level warm and humid layer associated with temporally southwesterly inflow for about 4 hours provides a favorable condition in forming the T-mode snow cells. The vertical depth of the T-mode snow cells is deeper than that of L-mode ones due to the southeastward penetration of cold and dry air into relatively warm and humid air. In addition, it is found that wind shear vector between 1000 hPa and 600 hPa is one of the factors which control the orientation of snow cells in formation embedded into the snowbands for the both modes.