We here present a versatile process for the preparation of maghemite/polyaniline (
-Fe
2O
3/PAn) nanocomposite films with macroscopic processibility, electrical conductivity, andmagnetic susceptibility. The
-Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles are coated and the PAn chains are dopedby anionic surfactants of
-methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) phosphate (PEOPA), 4-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA), and 10-camphorsulfonic acid (CSA). Both the coated
-Fe
2O
3and the doped PAn are soluble in common organic solvents, and casting of the homogeneoussolutions gives free-standing nanocomposite films with
-Fe
2O
3 contents up to ~50 wt %.The morphology of the
-Fe
2O
3 nanoparticles are characterized by transmission electronmicroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and X-ray diffractometry. The
-Fe
2O
3/PAn films preparedfrom chloroform/
m-cresol solutions of DBSA-coated
-Fe
2O
3 and CSA-doped PAn areconductive (
= 82-237 S/cm) and superparamagnetic, exhibiting no hysteresis at roomtemperature. The zero-field-cooled magnetization experiment reveals that the nanocompositecontaining 20.8 wt %
-Fe
2O
3 has a blocking temperature (
Tb) in the temperature region of63-83 K.