Mid-Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center
Life-Changing Innovation
Learn more about the capabilities that allow MATRIC to conduct market-driven research, development, engineering and computer science for companies across the world.
Highlights
Pilot Plant Facilities: Large-scale laboratory and pilot plant facilities to fill a critical need in process development
Technology Accelerator Program: Providing innovators with assistance to further their entrepreneurial aspirations
Biomass Conversion: MATRIC's activities related to renewable raw materials
Headlines
WV Invented the Chemical Industry - Now We're Reinventing It
WV cracks into chemicals again
Start-Up Will Build a Cracker 'As Soon As We Raise The Capital'
MATRIC spin-off Aither Chemicals raising funds for a chemical plant
MATRIC Celebrates Another Year of Innovation
Continuing to bring innovation, revenue and high-tech jobs to the Mountain State
MATRIC Highlights Success and Charts Future
Focus on Economic Impact, Startups, Talented Staff
A Better Approach to Disaster Consequence Management
MATRIC contributes state of the art modeling and simulation capabilities
How Copper Gets Its Green Patina
Cultural Heritage: Scientists use X-ray synchrotron radiation to watch copper corrode
Promoting Safer Manufacturing
Chemicals: National Research Council urges adoption of inherently safer processes
Maintaining Merit Review
Policy: International science summit highlights importance of merit review
A Drug Carrier That Dissolves In Cells
Cellular Delivery: Protein-based particles release nucleic acids by dissolving inside cells
Frustrated Lewis Pair Starts A New Radical Family
Metal-Free Reactions: Unquenched acid-base complex captures NO to form versatile nitroxide radicals
Is the Earth a cosmic feather-duster?
(University of Leeds) Scientists at the University of Leeds are looking to discover how dust particles in the solar system interact with the Earth's atmosphere.
Visualizing the imprints of past and present Earth dynamics
(Geological Society of America) New Lithosphere articles posted online May 16, 2012, report on (1) seismic anisotropy measured beneath 14 broadband stations in southeastern India; wh...
Professor uses diamond to produce graphene quantum dots and nano-ribbons of controlled structure
(Kansas State University) Kansas State University researchers have come closer to solving an old challenge of producing graphene quantum dots of controlled shape and size at large den...
MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all
(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Neutrinos may be even stranger than they seem, if indeed they are the only fermions (particles of matter) that are their own antiparticles....
Herschel Space Observatory study reveals galaxy-packed filament
(McGill University) A McGill-led research team using the Herschel Space Observatory has discovered a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament is t...
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What We Do
Research and Development in Chemicals and Green Technology
Development of Advanced Software Solutions
MATRIC Subsidiaries
MATE - Offering a full range of engineering services
MAH - Advancing IP to profitable commercial businesses
MCR - Providing R&D services outside the scope of MATRIC's tax-exempt charter
MATRIC Europa - Research, development, and engineering for process optimization
NICS - Helping communities manage chemical risks
Recent Updates
MATRIC Matters - April issue of the e-newletter published
MATRIC Matters - March issue of the e-newletter published
MATRIC Matters - February issue of the e-newletter published
MATRIC Matters - December issue of the e-newletter published
Pilot plant facilities and chemical process scale-up experience
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