Apparatus for transferring a material

An apparatus for printing material on a receiving substrate in a desired geometry, the apparatus comprising:

• a laser ablation stage for ablating a material layer made of metal coated on a carrier substrate to define a desired portion of the material layer, wherein the desired portion is traced out or contoured in the material layer by separating excess material in the material layer from the desired portion by an ablated region;
• an adhesive application stage for applying an adhesive on the desired portion and excess material;
• means for returning the carrier substrate to the laser ablation stage for laser ablation to remove the adhesive from the excess material;
• a printing stage for selectively releasing the desired portion from the carrier substrate onto the receiving substrate by bonding the desired portion to the receiving substrate, laser irradiating the desired portion, and removing the assembly together with the excess material from the receiving substrate;
• a camera for imaging the laser ablation of the assembly pre-coated with the material layer made of metal to generate imaging data;
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• a controller for adjusting, using the imaging data, one or more of a pulse duration or frequency of a laser system used to perform the laser ablation of the assembly pre-coated with the material layer made of metal so as to provide selective control over an ablation of the material layer.