Electron impact total ionisation cross sections for simple bio-molecules: a theoretical approach

In this article, we have reported electron impact total ionisation cross sections for the bio-molecules pyridine, pyrimidine, n-propylamine, urea, formamide and N-methylformamide from ionisation threshold to 2000 eV. The present calculations are based on the spherical complex optical potential formalism and complex scattering potential ionisation contribution method. The results obtained for pyridine and pyrimidine are compared with available theoretical and experimental results and are found to be in excellent agreement with existing data. The ionisation cross sections for other molecules are reported for the first time. An interesting relation between the peak of inelastic and ionisation cross sections with target parameters is also reported. It was found that both the cross sections at their maximum depend linearly with these parameters, confirming the consistency of the values reported here.