  The insulator/metal transition induced by hole-doping due to neodymium
vacancies of the Mott- Hubbard antiferromagnetic insulator, Nd1-xTiO3, is
studied over the composition range 0.010(6) < x < 0.243(10). Insulating p-types
conduction is found for x < 0.071(10). Anderson localization in the presence of
a Mott-Hubbard gap, is the dominant localization mechanism for the range of
0.074(10) < x < 0.089(1) samples. For x < 0.089(1), n-type conduction is
observed and the activation energy extrapolates to zero by x < 0.1. The
0.095(8) < x < 0.203(10) samples are Fermi-liquid metals and the effects of
strong electronic correlations are evident near the metal-to-insulator
boundaries in features such as large Fermi liquid T2 coefficients. For 0.074(9)
< x < 0.112(4), a weak negative magnetoresistance is found below ~ 15 K and it
is attributed to the interaction of conduction electrons with Nd3+ magnetic
moments. Combining information from our companion study of the magnetic
properties of Nd1-xTiO3 solid solution, a phase diagram is proposed. The main
conclusions are that long range antiferromagnetic order disappears before the
onset of metallic behavior and that the Anderson-Mott transition occurs over a
finite range of doping levels. Our results differ from conclusions drawn from a
similar study on the hole doped Nd1-xCaxTiO3 system which found the
co-existence of antiferromagnetic order and metallic behavior and that the Mott
transition occurs at a discrete doping level.
