The research carried out at MATGAS is related in particular to CO2 and other energy related issues. The MATGAS laboratories offer a variety of facilities that allow from the modeling and fabrication of new materials to their physical and chemical characterization.

In the supercritical fluids laboratory research and development of new applications of supercritical fluids or fluids at high pressures and temperatures is carried out. This includes extraction and concentration of natural products, polymer impregnation, and synthesis of new materials and catalysts.

The nanotechnology laboratory is a last generation lab equipped with the needed techniques for the characterization and manipulation of materials at nanoscale.  The equipment includes SPM techniques (AFM and SNOM), particle size determination tools, micro-Raman scattering, nanocalorimetry, and nanoindentation. This laboratory allows a comprehensive study of the properties of nanostructured materials, including size, mechanical, thermal, optical, structural, and electrical properties. 

The gas reactivity laboratory is designed for the study of the reactivity and adsorption of a variety of gases into liquids or solids materials. This can be done by volumetric as well as gravimetric techniques and over a wide range of pressures and temperatures. This laboratory also includes equipment for the preparation of new materials for absorption of gases by sputtering in UHV.

The computational modeling laboratory is a permanent calculation infrastructure to provide support to MATGAS projects from a modeling perspective. Simulations performed in this lab help to obtain a deeper understanding of properties and processes at nanoscale. Examples of recent projects include hydrogen storage in carbon nanostructures, deposition of copper layers as electrical contacts in microelectronics, or the optimization of nanoparticle dispersions.

In addition to these labs MATGAS also offers an energy laboratory which is under expansion and a high bay area for the construction and testing of new prototypes.