Methods and systems for controlling temperature across a region defined by using thermally conductive elements

A method for releasing a selected component from a plurality components on a multi-component medium, the method comprising:

• choosing the selected component from the plurality of components on the multi-component medium, the multicomponent medium having the plurality of components, a thermally active adhesion layer, and a thermally conductive layer, the thermally conductive layer being segmented into a template of patterned thermally conductive elements by a set of separations in the thermally conductive layer that thermally separate individual elements in the template of thermally conductive elements;
• and
• releasing the selected component of the set of components by applying a source of temperature differential to a single element of the thermally conductive elements,
• wherein the applying of the source of temperature differential to the single element of the thermally conductive elements transmits the temperature differential to a portion of the thermally active adhesive corresponding to the single element, selectively releasing a component of the set of components corresponding to the portion of the thermally active adhesive.