AB - © 2018 European Microwave Association. Conformal load-bearing smart skins (CLSS) provide the unique ability to integrate complex electrical systems into aerospace composite materials. This paper provides a preliminary investigation into the patterning of Artificial Impedance Surfaces (AIS) on these materials as they are well suited to develop conformal meta-surfaces (MTS). In particular, a composite veil material has been patterned using laser ablation and has been transferred directly onto a resin pre-impregnated (pre-preg) structural glass material. The new patterning technique was found suitable for the creation of fine geometric features with a resolution of approximately mathbf{100} mumathbf{m}. The material has been characterized by a reflected magnitude and phase measurement. AU - Todd, A AU - Baum, TC AU - Nicholson, KJ AU - Ziolkowski, RW AU - Ghorbani, K DA - 2018/11/20 DO - 10.23919/EuMC.2018.8541439 EP - 1020 JO - 2018 48th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2018 PY - 2018/11/20 SP - 1017 TI - Towards Carbon Based Artificial Impedance Surfaces for Conformal Aerospace Applications Y1 - 2018/11/20 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -