Facilitated Processing for Controlling Bonding Between Sheet and Carrier

A method of forming an article, comprising:

• obtaining a glass sheet having a glass-sheet bonding surface;
• obtaining a glass carrier having a carrier bonding surface;
• coating at least one of the glass sheet and carrier bonding surfaces with a surface modification layer;
• connecting the glass sheet with the carrier via the surface modification layer;
• removing, from the perimeter of the glass sheet and the carrier while connected, a portion of the surface modification layer so as to expose a portion of the bonding surface on each of the glass sheet and the carrier, wherein the exposed portion of the glass-sheet bonding surface adjoins the exposed portion of the carrier bonding surface;
• and
• heating, after the removing and the exposing, the glass sheet and carrier at a temperature ≧400° C. but less than the strain point of both the glass of the glass sheet and the glass of the carrier so as to bond the perimeter of the glass sheet bonding surface with the perimeter of the carrier bonding surface.