We have reported the synthesis of porous particles of ZnO by thermal evaporation and transport method on silicon (111) substrates. The products were grown in a single-step catalyst-free process. In order to establish the optimum conditions for the preparation of ZnO porous particles, we performed synthetic studies on various growth temperatures. The morphological, structural and optical properties of the synthesised ZnO particles were characterised by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and room temperature photoluminescence (RTPL) using a xenon lamp w...