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Re. Meh

Takes your sticky tape and raises you extremely thin pyrolytic graphite.

Also makes the camera somewhat sensitive to alpha particles as well but only if the silicon is exposed.

Protip: WASH THE GRAPHITE first with acetone, and ideally Epoxy or light cure adhesive the graphite to make sure the sensor stays working. Long term exposure at short range tends to eat the sensor but you get to see individual flashes as the cells burn out.

For bonus points put a tiny blob of Ag doped ZnS directly onto one corner of the chip.or fragment of a suitable Indiglo (tm) or other EL sheet fragment having first tested it with alpha source to confirm that it glows.

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