Co-surfactants influence the stability of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs).
80">Aromatic amino acids exhibited suitable physical properties to replace bile salt as co-surfactants.
Tween 60, Tween 80 and Pluronic F68 were poor co-surfactants in SLNs.
A mechanistic model for stabilization and destabilization of SLNs is proposed.