A method for facilitating demolding of a substrate from an imprint template, the method comprising: providing (S510) the template and the substrate in a sandwich arrangement with a structured surface of the template in contact with a target surface of the substrate; applying heat (S520) to soften a molding layer on the target surface, wherein said molding layer is a thermoplastic material having a minimum glass transition temperature, Tg>50° C. and Young's modulus>1000 MPa, and wherein the molding layer is heated above Tg; pressing (S530) the sandwich arrangement together to imprint a pattern of the structured surface into the heated molding layer; submerging (S550) the sandwich arrangement in a cooling liquid to harden the molding layer; and separating (S560) the template from the patterned substrate.