{"id":6301,"date":"2022-07-26T11:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=6301"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:53:45","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hernandez-castillo\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicia O. Hernandez-Castillo Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo-research\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo-research\/\">Investigating Cyclic Diketone Molecules Using Rotational Spectroscopy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy12023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy12023-300x225.png\" alt=\"Spectroscopy machine\" class=\"wp-image-8336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy12023-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy12023.png 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hernandez-castillo\/alicia-hernandez-castillo-research\/\"><strong>Study of Succinimides and its Water Complexes with Rotational Spectroscopy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy22023.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy22023-300x225.png\" alt=\"Spectroscopic graph\" class=\"wp-image-8337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy22023-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/Spectroscopy22023.png 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hernandez-castillo\/research\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo-research\/alicia-hernandez-castillo-research\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hernandez-castillo\/research\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo-research\/alicia-hernandez-castillo-research\/alicia-o-hernandez-castillo\/\">Towards a Molecular Scale Understanding of Anesthetic Binding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Molecular structure of Trp-Xe complexes\" class=\"wp-image-6305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-1024x777.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-1536x1165.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Xe-indole-scaled-1-2048x1554.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A molecular structure of Trp-Xe complexes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instrumentation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about our awesome instruments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/rempi-resonance-enhanced-multiphoton-ionization\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/rempi-resonance-enhanced-multiphoton-ionization\/\">REMPI<\/a>: Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/REMPI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/REMPI.png\" alt=\"Graph of REMPI Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization\" class=\"wp-image-8381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/REMPI.png 468w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/08\/REMPI-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/hernandez-castillo\/cp-ftmw-spectroscopy\/\">CP-FTMW: Chirped Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave<\/a> (CP-FTMW) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Chamber_Mudd_2-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Chamber_Mudd_2-scaled-1-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic of an experimental set-up\" class=\"wp-image-6302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Chamber_Mudd_2-scaled-1-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/06\/Chamber_Mudd_2-scaled-1-300x180.jpg 300w, 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