Abstract :
The current edition of Polyolefins Journal (POJ) you have in your hands is the special edition
dedicated to a selected collection of articles prepared from lectures presented in the polyolefin
session of the 11th International Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST2014)
that took place in Tehran, Iran last October. The ISPST is a biennial event organized by different
Iranian universities and research institutions since 1986. The conferenceʹs aim has been to
bring national and international front liner, academicians, and business executives, to present
and discuss the latest achievements in polymer science and technology. At the initiative of
colleagues from Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, IPPI, the host of the ISPST 2014
conference, for the first time, an entire session was devoted to a wide range of topics concerning the polyolefin
research and development.