Nanofibers of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)/polyaniline-polystyrene sulfonic acid (PVDF-TrFE/PANi-PSSA) were fabricated in air at room temperature using electrospinning, with the thinnest fiber having a diameter of similar to 6 nm. This is a cheap, fast, and reliable process for generating PVDF-TrFE/PANi-PSSA composite nanofibers. The presence of conducting PANi-PSSA increased the charge density of the solution and assisted in the fabrication of PVDF-TrFE nanofibers at low polymer concentrations in dimethylformamide without the beading effect. Ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy showed that PANi-PSSA was well incorporated into the PVDF-TrFE solution with no polymer segregation or degradation. A scanning electron microscope was used for morphological characterization of the fibers and a profilometer used to determine the fiber diameter. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 3640-3644, 2011