Room temperature glass-to-glass, glass-to-plastic and glass-to-glass ceramic/semiconductor bonding

A bonded article comprising:

• a first substrate comprising a glass material;
• a second substrate comprising at least one of a glass material or a metal material;
• and
• a bond line at an interface between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising fused portions of the first substrate and the second substrate generated as plasma collapses during bonding.

A method comprising:

• irradiating an interface between a first substrate and a second substrate with laser energy;
• and
• locally heating surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate proximate the interface with the laser energy, thereby fusing the first substrate and the second substrate at the interface;
• wherein the locally heating the surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate proximate the interface with the laser energy forms a plasma at the interface and softens at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate without melting the first substrate and the second substrate.