By definition, a functional group is a moiety attached to a molecule that performs a function in terms of the reactivity and/or the physical properties of the molecule bearing it. Monomers that contain such functional groups are known as functional monomers. Thus CH2=CHX is a functional monomer where X is the functional group.
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Dasgupta et al. (1997) studied this question.