International Conference on Chemistry and Material Sciences (IC2MS)

This publication includes the articles from the 5th International Conference on Chemistry and Materials Science (IC2MS 2023) held on October 11-12, 2023, in Malang, Indonesia. The IC2MS series was launched in 2017, with the first meeting that attracted more than 200 participants from over 40 universities/institutions representing such countries as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Brunei Darussalam, and Australia. Since then, the IC2MS meetings have been held biennially as a joint conference organized by Brawijaya University, Jember University, State University of Malang, and Universiti Teknologi Mara with the aim to build up strong academic relationships and united scientific community. The 2023 event was organized by the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Brawijaya University, which was the initial host of the conference inaugural meeting.