Electrons and maybe protons?

Question

OK bare with me because I’m no physicist or an expert in molecular structure but I'm sure I have read that when we think we touch something, say with our hands, we are not actually touching the object but feeling the repulsive charge of the electrons circling every single atom in both our hands and the object....is this correct??

Answer 1

Nothing touches anything, physically without annihilation!
According to Einstein, Atoms (matter) are but a representation of energy and information to create form (E=MC2).
Form is but an illusion created by sub atomic particles, which are created from Leptons and Quarks, these fundamental parts of matter are virtual, they blink in and out of existence and transform into other particles, photons and energy.
Consider a Hydrogen atom for example, 1 Proton (+) 1 Electron (-), the electron is orbiting the proton at the speed of light, so fast that it seems to be in all places at once, called superposition. It is this electromagnetic field that we interpret as physical matter.
Here's some video's to help you get your head around this idea>

Answer 2

Yes Remember the structure of the atom is a very dense positively charged core called the nucleus made up of protons (positive) and neutrons (no charge), surrounded by a whizzing cloud of very light negatively charged electrons. All the electrons are surrounded by a negative electric field and you cannot compress them so close that they would actually touch, the like charges repel.