Liquid bridges

Surface tension is responsible of the aquatic life style of many insects, whose size is of the order of the capillary length. We study the dynamic of open menisci or liquid bridges between an object of a similar size, in this case a rod, and a liquid bath. After the pinch-off, a certain amount of liquid remains attached to the rod. This amount can be tuned by the pull velocity of the rod for given geometry and properties of the liquid.