NOVELTY - The structure (10) has a flexible glass substrate (16) provided with thickness of about 0.3 mm. A polymer layer (22) is laminated to a surface of the flexible glass substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is two times a CTE of the flexible glass substrate, or a CTE that is 3 part per million (ppm) per degree Celsius greater than a CTE of the flexible glass substrate after thermally expanding the polymer layer to provide the flexible glass substrate with a compressive stress of about 30 mega Pascal across the thickness of the flexible glass substrate.    USE - Symmetric/asymmetric flexible thin glass-polymer laminate structure for use as a moisture or gas barrier or protective element to protect films from oxygen and moisture ingress/permeation in an electronic device and for areas. Uses include but are not limited to an LCD, plasma display, organic LED display, flat panel display, lighting-emitting device, solar cell module, thin film PV device such as BIPV device, and a patterned thin film transistor (TFT) electronic device and for architectural surface decoration areas, protective coating areas, electrochromatic windows and fire resistant surfaces.    ADVANTAGE - The flexible glass substrate reduces package size or thickness and weight through reduction or elimination of package substrate layers and provides excellent surface quality associated with glass that can be cleaned easily, thus improving mechanical reliability of bare flexible glass to laminate the flexible glass substrate with thin film polymers and mechanical reliability performance over a flexible un-laminated structure. The structure can provide a barrier layer for thin film PV and provide improved impact protection for PV modules. The polymer layer is laminated to have the high CTE mismatch with the flexible glass substrate to cause bending and introduce compressive stress in the flexible glass substrate to reduce or eliminate tensile stress that is expected in a bent glass, and strengthens the structure in an effective manner.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a method for forming a flexible glass-polymer laminate structure.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a symmetric flexible glass-polymer laminate structure.    Glass-polymer laminate structure (10)    Outermost glass layer (14)    Flexible glass substrates (16, 20)    Polymer layer (22)    Broad surfaces (28, 30, 32, 34)