A fluidic assembly method for the fabrication of emissive displays, the method comprising: providing an emissive substrate with a top surface, a plurality of wells formed in the top surface, each well comprising a bottom surface with a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface (209, 310), and a matrix of column and row traces (210, 212) forming a first plurality of column/row intersections, where each column/row intersection is associated with a corresponding well; providing a liquid suspension of emissive elements; flowing the suspension across the emissive substrate top surface; capturing the emissive elements in the wells; annealing the emissive substrate; and, in response to the annealing, electrically connecting each emissive element to the first and second electrical interface (208, 209, 310) of a corresponding well; wherein each emissive element is a surface mount emissive element comprising a first and a second electrical contact (304, 306) on a top surface and a post (410, 600) extending from a bottom surface, wherein flowing the liquid suspension across the substrate top surface includes moving the emissive elements across the substrate top surface at least partially in response to torque created on the emissive element posts (410, 600), wherein capturing the emissive elements in the wells includes surface orienting the emissive element first and second electrical contacts (304, 306) directly overlying a corresponding well bottom surface in response to the emissive element posts (410, 600), and wherein electrically connecting each emissive element to the first and second electrical interface (208, 209, 310) in the corresponding well in response to the annealing includes electrically connecting each surface mount emissive element first electrical contact to a corresponding well first electrical interface and each emissive element second electrical contact to a corresponding well second electrical interface (209, 310). providing an emissive substrate with a top surface, a plurality of wells formed in the top surface, each well comprising a bottom surface with a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface (209, 310), and a matrix of column and row traces (210, 212) forming a first plurality of column/row intersections, where each column/row intersection is associated with a corresponding well; providing a liquid suspension of emissive elements; flowing the suspension across the emissive substrate top surface; capturing the emissive elements in the wells; annealing the emissive substrate; and, in response to the annealing, electrically connecting each emissive element to the first and second electrical interface (208, 209, 310) of a corresponding well; wherein each emissive element is a surface mount emissive element comprising a first and a second electrical contact (304, 306) on a top surface and a post (410, 600) extending from a bottom surface, wherein flowing the liquid suspension across the substrate top surface includes moving the emissive elements across the substrate top surface at least partially in response to torque created on the emissive element posts (410, 600), wherein capturing the emissive elements in the wells includes surface orienting the emissive element first and second electrical contacts (304, 306) directly overlying a corresponding well bottom surface in response to the emissive element posts (410, 600), and wherein electrically connecting each emissive element to the first and second electrical interface (208, 209, 310) in the corresponding well in response to the annealing includes electrically connecting each surface mount emissive element first electrical contact to a corresponding well first electrical interface and each emissive element second electrical contact to a corresponding well second electrical interface (209, 310).