Full Idea
I argue that prime matter has no place in Aristotle's elemental theory. ..References to prime matter are found in Aristotle's work because his theory was thought to need the doctrine. If I am right, these passages will all admit of another interpretation.
Gist of Idea
Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread
Source
Mary Louise Gill (Aristotle on Substance [1989], App)
Book Reference
Gill,Mary Louise: 'Aristotle on Substance: Paradox of Unity' [Princeton 1989], p.252
A Reaction
If correct, this strikes me as important for the history of ideas, because scholastics got themselves in a right tangle over prime matter. See Pasnau on it. It pushed the 17th century into corpuscularianism.