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Yes, there have definitively been proven to be particles smaller than protons, neutrons, and electrons which in fact make up protons, neutrons, and electrons. Many others are theorized and their operations are much hypothesized but not necessarily known.

That is the field of quantum physics.

Chemistry concerns itself primarily with electrons (though protons and neutrons play their roles). The quantum-physics particles which make up protons, neutrons, and electrons are generally thought of to be in a different class or category, though they are technically "sub atomic particles."

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