Proceedings of the National Seminar on Chemistry 2019 (SNK-19)

National Seminar on Chemistry 2019 was dedicated to the topic “The Role of Chemistry and Its Learning to Improve Skills of the 21st Century in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution Era”. This conference was motivated by a variety of Indonesian natural resources, abundant, and demanding the development of innovation through material engineering produces the high quality materials known as smart materials. The conference took place in Surabaya, October 5, 2019. The success of this conference is supported by 85 presenters and more than 190 participants.

This conference had qualified keynote speakers, they are Prof. Dr. Didik Prasetyoko, M.Sc. from Institut Teknologi Surabaya, Prof. Dr. Suyanta, M.Si. from Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta and Dr. Pirim Setiarso, M.Si. from Universitas Negeri Surabaya. They are expert at catalyst and energy, and expert in electrochemical and membrane technology, respectively.

The articles in this conference included the areas of Energy and Renewable Energy, Materials Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry, Synthesis of Organic Chemistry, Cosmetical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical Education. All the qualified papers had been selected through a strict reviewed process for Atlantis proceeding.

We would like to express our gratitude to keynote speakers, invited speakers, presenters, participants, organizing committee, members of scientific committee, reviewers, and sponsors for supporting the conference, Special thanks to Mr. Zeger Karssen from Atlantis Press for his support in publishing the proceedings.

Dr. Utiya Azizah, M.Pd
Chairman of Organizing Committee