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Fissures in the initial films are identified as nuclei of dry patches for the dewetting process. Growth kinetics of the dry patches is followed using in situ TEM. Due to line tension in the curved contact lines during local melting, irradiation induced dewetting occurs much slower than dewetting under homogeneous heating. At high irradiation doses, nanopattern disappear to form nanoparticles with decreased surface roughness. The particles embed into the substrates, leading to the smoothing of the surface. The embedding kinetics is studied using cross-sectional TEM. An analytical model based on capillary driving force and viscous flow of the substrate is built to quantitatively explain the experimental results. 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