The peculiarity of the scintillating fibers shown in this detector is that they emit light when charged particles pass through them, a characteristic that makes them useful as components in particle detectors. Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics (known as Infn) has developed an extremely advanced system of scintillating fibers in cooperation with the firm Pol.Hi.Tech., a specialist in nuclear-medicine equipment. Recently, scintillating fibers also have been used to make high-tech cloth for fashion clothing.
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