spin-charge binding mechanism is analyzed using the Schwinger boson represe
ntation of the two-dimensional t-J model. In the normal state spinons are p
aired into singlets which evolve out of the antiferromagnetic phase at half
-filling. The singlets induce, via the hopping term, a pairing of holons an
d bind with the latter. The d(x2-y2) symmetry of the order parameter and th
e shape of the T-c vs doping curve, observed in cuprate superconductors, em
erge naturally as a consequence of the symmetry of the spinon pairs, thus c
onnecting superconductivity with quantum spin fluctuations in the insulator
.