NOVELTY - Locally heating a sealing material to produce a seal, comprises: (a) providing a metal object between at least two substrates (110); (b) providing a seal material; (c) contacting the seal material to the substrates and at least partially surrounding the metal object; and (d) heating the metal object to heat the seal material to a temperature of at least 125 degrees C, where the substrate temperature remains at least 20 degrees C below the temperature attained in the seal, to flow the seal material between the substrates, thus resulting a seal between the substrates.    USE - The method is useful for locally heating a sealing material to produce a seal which is useful in the device which is vacuum insulated glass, solar cell contact, solar cell, solar cell module, organic photovoltaic device, plasma display device, nanocrystal display, electrochromic device, electrochromic material system, sensors, suspended particle device, micro-blind, liquid crystal device, smart window, switchable window, smart glass, E-glass, quantum dot devices, thermoelectric devices, batteries, LED, surface-conduction electron-emitter display, field emission display, organic LED, LCD, digital light processing, ferro-electric liquid display, interferometric modulator display, thick-film dielectric electroluminescent, quantum dot LED, time-multiplexed optical shutter, telescopic pixel display, liquid-crystal laser, laser phosphor display and/or organic light-emitting transistor (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The method utilizes a durable powder coating technique (with metal as a spacer) to use as a barrier coating material to: engineer glass-resin and metal-resin interface to obtain films with excellent barrier properties; selectively heat metal/glass interfaces through conduction of heat from thermal or induction heating of metal far away from the glass (this will reduce manufacturing time and cost); significantly reduce curing time using thermal conduction through metallic surface in module manufacturing to reduce module costs; and formulate edge seals with excellent moisture resistance to enhance the lifespan of solar and other active devices which in turn will reduce the levelized cost of energy.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a device including the seal, where the device is formed by the method of locally heating the sealing material, as above per se.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows an exploded view of the components used in a sealed object.    Assembly (100)    Substrates (110, 120)    Metal frame (130)    Cut out space/portion (135)    Powder coating layers (140, 150)