Metal insulator transition and percolation

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JorisL
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Hello,

For the past 2 days I've been looking for a resource discussing the metal insulator transition using percolation theory. (The next part treats the Anderson and Mott models)
I'm studying for a course of solid state physics where this is mentioned/summarized.
The problem is that the hand-outs are minimal, at best (ancient slides for an overhead projector that were scanned)

I've found some sources briefly mentioning it but without any reference.

I think I figured out it is about doping in semi-conductors which can turn the semi-conductor in a material with properties similar to metals. The application seems to allude to a low temperature environment as to minimize/avoid intrinsic charge carriers to exist.

Does anybody know of resources talking about this?
Or does anybody think the above reasoning makes sense?

Joris
 
A little follow up;

Most of what I needed so far could be found in "Metal Insulator Transition" by Nevill Mott.
Percolation theory got somewhat explained when I was reading about (variable range) hopping conductivity in this resource.