Resumen: Continuous-flow synthesis of specific functional materials is now seen as a reliable synthesis approach that gives consistent product properties. This perspective article aims to survey recent work in some of the relevant areas and to identify new domains where flow synthesis of functional materials can be better than the conventional synthesis methods. It also emphasizes the need for developing high-throughput integrated synthesis and screening systems for almost all functional materials so that laboratory-scale recipes can be transformed into reliable manufacturing processes. New areas relevant to functional materials which have remained unexplored in flow synthesis are also highlighted. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1556/1846.2017.00028 Año: 2017 Publicado en: Journal of flow chemistry 7, 3-4 (2017), 96-105 ISSN: 2062-249X Factor impacto JCR: 1.658 (2017) Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 100 / 171 = 0.585 (2017) - Q3 - T2 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.529 - Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (Q1) - Organic Chemistry (Q2) - Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q2)