Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Brief history -- 1.2 Organization of the book -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Principles of mechanochemical activation -- 2.1 High-energy mechanochemical activation -- 2.1.1 Vibrational shake mills -- 2.1.2 Planetary ball mills -- 2.1.3 Attritor mills -- 2.1.4 Processing parameters -- 2.2 Modeling and simulations -- 2.3 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Ferroelectric ceramics (I) -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Lead-containing unary ferroelectric ceramics -- 3.2.1 Lead titanate and lead lanthanum titanate -- 3.2.2 Lead zirconate titanate -- 3.2.3 Lead lanthanum zirconate titanate -- 3.3 Antiferroelectric ceramics -- 3.4 Discussion and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Ferroelectric ceramics (II) -- 4.1 Brief introduction -- 4.2 Unary phase -- 4.2.1 Lead magnesium niobate -- 4.2.2 Lead zinc niobate -- 4.2.3 Lead iron niobate and lead iron tungstate -- 4.2.4 Lead scandium tantalate -- 4.3 Binary solid solutions -- 4.3.1 PMN based solid solutions -- 4.3.2 PZN based solid solutions -- 4.3.3 Other relaxor related solid solutions -- 4.4 Ternary solid solutions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Ferroelectric ceramics (III) -- 5.1 Brief introduction -- 5.2 BaTiO3 based materials -- 5.3 Bismuth containing ferroelectric materials -- 5.3.1 Bi4Ti3O12 -- 5.3.2 Other Aurivillius ferroelectrics -- 5.4 Other lead-free ferroelectric materials -- 5.5 Multiferroic bismuth ferrite -- 5.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Ferrite ceramics (I) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mg-Cu-Co ferrite ceramics -- 6.3 Bi2O3 doped MgFe1.98O4 ferrite ceramics -- 6.4 Conclusions and perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 Ferrite ceramics (II) -- 7.1 Li-ferrite ceramics.

7.2 Ni-Zn-Co ferrite ceramics -- 7.3 Effect of processing -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8 Mullite ceramics (I) -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Mullitization, densification and anisotropic grain growth -- 8.3 The effects of doping with transitional oxides and milling media -- 8.4 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Mullite ceramics (II) -- 9.1 The effects of rare-earth oxides -- 9.2 The effects of other oxides -- 9.3 Anisotropic grain growth of pure mullite -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10 Other oxides -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Selected samples -- 10.3 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References.