Based on "The Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications (VCCA-2020) - Research and Innovations in Chemical Sciences: Paving the Way Forward" held in August 2020 and organized by the Computational Chemistry Group of the University of Mauritius. The chapters reflect a wide range of fundamental and applied research in the chemical sciences and interdisciplinary subjects.

• Preface of the Book of Proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications (VCCA-2020)
• Contents
• List of contributing authors
• 1 Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Catunaregam tomentosa extract
• 2 Health and exposure risk assessment of heavy metals in rainwater samples from selected locations in Rivers State, Nigeria
• 3 Social media and learning in an era of coronavirus among chemistry students in tertiary institutions in Rivers State
• 4 Accumulation and health effects of metals in selected urban groundwater
• 5 Evaluation of the Chemistry curriculumat the lower secondary level: feedback from educators
• 6 Polymers, plastics, & more – educating post-secondary students from different disciplines with polymer science
• 7 Influence of lime (CaO) on low temperature leaching of some types of bauxite from Guinea
• 8 Contribution of the volatile components from fresh egg, adult female and male of Pestarella tyrrhena to odour production
• 9 Quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and sector field ICP-MS: a comparison of analytical methods for the quantification of As, Pb, Cu, Cd, Zn, and U in drinking water
• 10 Design of locally sourced activated charcoal filter from maize cob for wastewater decontamination: an approach to fight waste with waste
• 11 Advances in polymeric ionic liquids-based smart polymeric materials: emerging fabrication strategies
• Index