Handbook of Research on Functional Materials‎:‎ Principles‎,‎ Capabilities and Limitations covers a broad range of modern materials and provides industry professionals and researchers in polymer science and technology with a single‎,‎ comprehensive book summarizing all aspects involved in the modern materials production chain‎.‎ The book focuses on industrially important materials‎,‎ analytical techniques‎,‎ and formulation methods‎,‎ with chapters covering step‎-growth‎,‎ radical‎,‎ and co‎-polymerization‎,‎ crosslinking and grafting‎,‎ reaction engineering‎,‎ advanced technology applications‎,‎ including conjugated‎,‎ dendritic‎,‎ and nanomaterial polymers and emulsions‎,‎ and characterization methods‎,‎ which includes spectroscopy‎,‎ light scattering‎,‎ and microscopy‎.‎ The book introduces current state‎-of‎-the‎-art technology in modern materials with an emphasis on the rapidly growing technologies‎.‎ It takes a unique approach by presenting specific materials and then progresses into a discussion of the ways in which these materials and processes are integrated into today‎'‎s functioning manufacturing industry‎.‎ It follows a more quantitative and design‎-oriented approach than other texts in the market‎,‎ helping readers gain a better understanding of important concepts‎.‎ Readers will also discover how material properties relate to the process variables in a given process as well as how to perform quantitative engineering analysis of manufacturing processes‎.‎