NOVELTY - Inorganic foil is deposited onto release layer by depositing porous particulate release layer from product flow generated by reaction driven by light beam with reactant flow originating from inlet and obtaining porous particulate release layer having density of 5-25% of the density of the fully densified material; passing combustion flame over porous particulate release layer; and depositing inorganic foil onto porous particulate release layer with inorganic foil having thickness of not greater than 200 mu m and release layer fractured to remove substantially intact foil.    USE - Method for deposition of inorganic foil onto release layer (claimed) for formation of display circuits or for solar cell applications.    ADVANTAGE - The method consumes fewer natural resources and reduces cost, while improving performance.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Deposition of inorganic foil onto release layer comprises depositing porous particulate release layer from product flow generated by reaction driven by light beam with reactant flow originating from inlet and obtaining porous particulate release layer having density of 5-25% of the density of the fully densified material; passing combustion flame over porous particulate release layer at least once to decrease average thickness of porous particulate layer by at least a factor of two relative to the original average thickness of the release layer and to reduce surface roughness as observed in scanning electron micrograph; and depositing inorganic foil onto the porous particulate release layer after passing combustion flame over release layer with inorganic foil having thickness of not greater than 200 mu m and release layer fractured to remove substantially intact foil. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a structure comprising inorganic substrate; release layer having inorganic composition, average thickness of 10-200 mu m, density of 20-60%, and porous particulate layer with interspersed dense inorganic joining composition with different chemical composition from inorganic foil; and inorganic foil on release layer, having composition with melting or flow temperature less than melting or flow temperature of inorganic composition of the release layer and thickness of 10-100 mu m;    (2) a method for formation of a release layer comprising depositing a inorganic composition using chemical vapor deposition onto porous particulate layer having a thickness of 10-250 mu m, with chemical vapor deposition having quantity of inorganic composition corresponding to an equivalent of fully dense composition in layer with an average thickness of 0.25-10 mu m and embedding at least a majority of composition deposited with chemical vapor deposition within porous particulate layer;    (3) an apparatus for transferring a thin inorganic foil from bound position on substrate to receiving surface, comprising transport element having curved adhering receiving surface, substrate support, and transport system having actuator and shifting element;and    (4) a method for separating inorganic foil from substrate comprising shifting curved adhering receiving surface along surface of the foil to peel the foil from substrate along line segment propagating as point of contact between receiving surface and foil shift along the surface, the foil initially releasably bound to substrate and foil bound to the receiving surface at least temporarily.