A bearing, comprising: a substrate layer; and an adhesive layer disposed over the substrate; wherein the adhesive layer comprises a mixture including a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein: the first polymer comprises an aromatic polyester, a polyphenylene ether, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyether ether ketone (PEEK), a polyaryletherketones (PAEK), a polyether ketone, polyimide, a polyamidimide, thermoplastic polyimide, polyetherimide, Polyethersulfone, Polyphenylene sulfide, polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), polyphthalamide, polycarbonate, aromatic and linear polyamides, or a combination thereof; the second polymer comprises a fluoropolymer comprising a perfluoroalkoxyethylene, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene, a tetrafluoro-ethylene-perfluoro(methyl vinyl either) and an ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (ECTFE), or a combination thereof, wherein the second polymer has a content of at least 61 wt.% relative to a total weight of the first polymer, the second polymer, and the third polymer; and the third polymer comprises a modified fluoropolymer of the second polymer, wherein a weight ratio of the second polymer to the third polymer is at least 12:1, and wherein the adhesive layer has a normalized peel strength of at least 0.19 N/mm/micrometer (4.8 N/in/microns). a substrate layer; and an adhesive layer disposed over the substrate; wherein the adhesive layer comprises a mixture including a first polymer, a second polymer, and a third polymer, wherein: the first polymer comprises an aromatic polyester, a polyphenylene ether, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyether ether ketone (PEEK), a polyaryletherketones (PAEK), a polyether ketone, polyimide, a polyamidimide, thermoplastic polyimide, polyetherimide, Polyethersulfone, Polyphenylene sulfide, polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), polyphthalamide, polycarbonate, aromatic and linear polyamides, or a combination thereof; the second polymer comprises a fluoropolymer comprising a perfluoroalkoxyethylene, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene, a tetrafluoro-ethylene-perfluoro(methyl vinyl either) and an ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (ECTFE), or a combination thereof, wherein the second polymer has a content of at least 61 wt.% relative to a total weight of the first polymer, the second polymer, and the third polymer; and the third polymer comprises a modified fluoropolymer of the second polymer, wherein a weight ratio of the second polymer to the third polymer is at least 12:1, and the first polymer comprises an aromatic polyester, a polyphenylene ether, a liquid crystal polymer, a polyether ether ketone (PEEK), a polyaryletherketones (PAEK), a polyether ketone, polyimide, a polyamidimide, thermoplastic polyimide, polyetherimide, Polyethersulfone, Polyphenylene sulfide, polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), polyphthalamide, polycarbonate, aromatic and linear polyamides, or a combination thereof; the second polymer comprises a fluoropolymer comprising a perfluoroalkoxyethylene, an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene, a tetrafluoro-ethylene-perfluoro(methyl vinyl either) and an ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer (ECTFE), or a combination thereof, wherein the second polymer has a content of at least 61 wt.% relative to a total weight of the first polymer, the second polymer, and the third polymer; and the third polymer comprises a modified fluoropolymer of the second polymer, wherein a weight ratio of the second polymer to the third polymer is at least 12:1, and wherein the adhesive layer has a normalized peel strength of at least 0.19 N/mm/micrometer (4.8 N/in/microns).