Dear Alain,

a summary is here:

<https://theos-wiki.epfl.ch/Main/OxidationStates.md>
Oxidation States<https://theos-wiki.epfl.ch/Main/OxidationStates.md>
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but nothing is available out of the box.

Probably easiest (but come coding) would be a U on a projector that is an 
appropriate linear combination of atomic projectors that approximate the homo 
or lumo of the adsorbate (poor-man-Wannier).  We did some molecular U with 
Ismaila Dabo a long time ago: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja067944u

Then you adapt os-cdft.

Other options would be U on the actual eigenstate or Wannier function - this 
latter I believe is work in progress.

Nicola

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On 17 Feb 2026, at 19:06, Alain Delgado Gran via users 
<[email protected]> wrote:


Hello QE users/developers,

Context:
I want to build diabatic potential energy surfaces for a molecule close to a 
metal surface for different charges (+1, 0) of the adsorbate.

Question:
Is constrained DFT (cDFT) implemented in QE in a way that allows it to be used 
for constructing diabatic states? I am aware of the OS-CDFT 
module<https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_OSCDFT.html>, which controls 
the oxidation state of a transition-metal element, but it appears not to be 
generalizable for constraining charge within an arbitrary molecular region. Is 
this interpretation correct? If not, where can I find a good example or 
tutorial on how to perform this type of calculation?

Thank you for your time and attention.

Best regards,

Alain.


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