Glass-based materials with adhesive and complex geometry

A method of fabricating an article,

• the article comprising:
• a first plate made of a first chemically-strengthened transparent glass-based material, the first plate comprising:
• a first major surface opposing a second major surface;
• a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm;
• a second plate made of a second chemically-strengthened transparent glass-based material, the second plate comprising:
• a first major surface opposing a second major surface;
• a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm;
• a cured adhesive layer adhering a portion of the first major surface of the first plate to the second major surface of the second plate;
• wherein the second plate has an area equal to or less than 25% of the area of the first plate;
• the method comprising:
• ion-exchanging a first substrate;
• ion-exchanging a second substrate;
• after ion-exchanging the first substrate and the second substrate, attaching the first substrate to the second substrate with the adhesive layer, and
• curing the adhesive layer.