A lower bound for $K^2_S$

Let $(S,mathcal L)$ be a smooth, irreducible, projective, complex surface, polarized by a very ample line bundle $mathcal L$ of degree $d > 35$. In this paper we prove that $K^2_Sgeq -d(d-6)$. The bound is sharp, and $K^2_S=-d(d-6)$ if and only if $d$ is even, the linear system $|H^0(S,mathcal L)|$ embeds $S$ in a smooth rational normal scroll $Tsubset mathbb P^5$ of dimension $3$, and here, as a divisor, $S$ is linearly equivalent to $frac{d}{2}Q$, where $Q$ is a quadric on $T$.