The charge transfer of the RNA base uracil by means of ions has been studied theoretically by means of ab initio quantum-chemistry molecular methods followed by a semiclassical dynamical treatment. The charge-transfer process appears to be highly anisotropic. The theoretical cross sections show different behavior with a strong influence of the electronic structure and charge of the projectile and can be correlated positively with previous experimental studies on the ionization and fragmentation processes in the -Uracil collision.
26 December 2002 in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms