S. Arcaro is a professor and researcher at University of the Extreme South of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Her research interests are glass-ceramic materials, nanostructured systems, colloidal processing, composite materials and ferrite technology.J. Venturini holds a PostDoc position at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. His research interests are one-dimensional systems, lithium-ion batteries, solid-state lasers and ferrite technology.

• A Brief History of Ferrites.- Structure of Ferrites.- Magnetic, Electrical and Optical Properties of Ferrites.- Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Ferrites.- Synthesis.- Processing.- Current and Incipient Applications