Figure 5.

Application of PDV-SKL vitrimers as recoverable adhesives for aluminum and wood: (a) schematic representation of the lap shear test used in this work. (b) Lap shear test of PDV-SKL (1:1) as an adhesive on aluminum sheets with different bonding times. (c) Lap shear test of PDV-SKL (1:1) as an adhesive on birch wood sheets with different bonding times. (d,e) Digital images of PDV-SKL (1:1) as an adhesive on aluminum sheets during bending or holding an iron reactor. (f) Comparison between the adhesion performance of the PDV-SKL (1:1) vitrimer and related previously reported systems in the literature.