| abstract |
A method of forming an article from a glass sheet ( 20 ) having a glass-sheet bonding surface ( 24 ) and a glass carrier ( 10 ) having a carrier bonding surface ( 14 ). At least one of the glass sheet and carrier bonding surfaces is coated with a surface modification layer ( 30 ), and then the glass sheet is connected with the carrier via the surface modification layer. From the perimeter of the glass sheet and the carrier while connected, there is removed a portion of the surface modification layer so as to expose a portion ( 19, 29 ) of the bonding surface on each of the glass sheet and the carrier. The glass sheet and carrier are then heated at a temperature ≧400° C. so as to bond the perimeter of the glass sheet ( 26 ) with the perimeter of the carrier ( 16 ). |